Jeremy Corbyn – I did not make a commitment to write off student debt
This morning Jeremy Corbyn became the last interviewee on the Andrew Marr Show before the party conference season begins in September. With a potential general election on the cards at any time, there was much to discuss. In particular, Marr chose to delve a little deeper into Corbyn’s plans for alleviating student debt after the Labour leader declared he planned to ‘deal with it’ shortly before Britain went to the polls in June:
Marr: A lot of people in this country are burdened by high levels of debt because of the student loans they’ve had to take out, and you said shortly before the election ‘I will deal with it’. What did you mean by ‘I will deal with it’?
Corbyn: It was in the context of an interview with the New Musical Express, and an interview which I also did with the Independent which pointed out there was a massive overhanging debt that many people dealt with.
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