Member

This is just another example of this Government picking on students. That is money that could be going towards their pensions, money that could be injected into local economies and money that could be used to improve their quality of life. Instead, this policy will take their money so that the Chancellor can plug the holes in her economic credibility. I do not think that the Government intended for this policy to make things worse for students—I genuinely hope not. It seems as though they have not thought about it, however, because the reality is that it will make things worse for students. We have an opportunity to address that and to keep salary sacrifice arrangements viable for our young people paying off their student debts. I would have thought that Labour MPs of all people would be able to support that.