Why Your Student Loan Goes UP Even When You’re Paying - Ollie Gardner Rethink Repayment

2026-02-05

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In this episode of the Money Gains Podcast we welcome Ollie Gardner to the show.Ollie's campaign Rethink Repayment, is fighting for student loan reform in the UK. We discussed why your student loan goes up even when you're paying, the truth behind the £270 billion debt crisis, and whether an entire generation was mis-sold the biggest financial decision of their lives.---------👉🏼 Get FREE FRACTIONAL SHARES worth up £100 when you deposit £1 with Trading 212🔗 https://www...

In this episode of the Money Gains Podcast we welcome Ollie Gardner to the show.

Ollie's campaign Rethink Repayment, is fighting for student loan reform in the UK. We discussed why your student loan goes up even when you're paying, the truth behind the £270 billion debt crisis, and whether an entire generation was mis-sold the biggest financial decision of their lives.

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✅ Why your student loan balance grows every year even if you're making payments
✅ How the government expects 73% of graduates to never pay off their loans anyway
✅ Why you need to earn £66,000 just to stop your debt from growing
✅ The contract the government made in 2012 and then quietly broke
✅ Why calling it a "loan" is the biggest lie in British education
✅ How 112,000 graduates have left the UK to escape student debt

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