{"id":326937,"date":"2026-03-17T21:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T21:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-are-the-financial-realities-of-student-loans-controversy\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T21:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T21:00:27","slug":"what-are-the-financial-realities-of-student-loans-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-are-the-financial-realities-of-student-loans-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the financial realities of student loans controversy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/G_QEXhlaNjc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What are the financial realities of student loans controversy?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G_QEXhlaNjc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A new survey for ITV News shows that around two thirds of student loan borrowers who responded have seen their debt grow since leaving higher education.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as the prime minister has promised to look for ways to make things fairer and MPs start a new inquiry into the controversy.<\/p>\n<p>The findings are from a survey of around 2,500 student loan borrowers &#8211; all from the controversial scheme known as Part 2.<\/p>\n<p>The research was conducted by Organise for ITV News.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new survey for ITV News shows that around two thirds of student loan borrowers who responded have seen their debt grow since leaving higher education. 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