Laurence Turner

Laurence Turner

Labour — Birmingham Northfield

Speaking in the House of Commons on 18 March 2026

Debate

Student Loans

Contribution

The motion in the right hon. Lady’s name states that “balances will never rise faster than RPI inflation”. She was a senior Treasury Minister. Does she share my regret at the decision to suspend routine methodological improvements to the retail prices index, which led to the gap between the RPI and the lower consumer prices index rates more than doubling?

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