{"id":62178,"date":"2017-07-29T13:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-07-29T06:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/graduate-anger-mounts-over-nightmare-student-loans-company\/"},"modified":"2017-07-29T13:09:42","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T06:09:42","slug":"graduate-anger-mounts-over-nightmare-student-loans-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/graduate-anger-mounts-over-nightmare-student-loans-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate anger mounts over \u2018nightmare\u2019 Student Loans Company"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOur story last week about the SLC quadrupling someone\u2019s interest rate sparked a new wave of complaintsWhen Gary Ashworth moved to Botswana in 2013 to try to start a design business, he immediately told the Student Loans Company that he would be out of the UK. Despite updating the company with his earnings, as requested, last year he discovered that \u00a3930 was being demanded by a firm of debt collectors.The reason for this harsh penalty? He apparently failed to put his date of birth on one of the numerous forms sent by the loan company. Ashworth is just the latest graduate to complain to Guardian Money about what they allege is heavy-handed and unfair treatment at the hands of the SLC, an organisation that appears to be fast turning into one of the UK\u2019s least-liked brands. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Graduate anger mounts over \u2018nightmare\u2019 Student Loans Company<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our story last week about the SLC quadrupling someone\u2019s interest rate sparked a new wave...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-gaS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19082,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ive-paid-off-my-debt-but-student-loans-company-keeps-on-taking-my-money\/","url_meta":{"origin":62178,"position":0},"title":"I've paid off my debt, but Student Loans Company keeps on taking my money","date":"July 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r SLC says it will stop further repayments, but it hasn\u2019tThis year I finally managed to clear my student loan that had been hanging over my head for 12 years. 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