Revealed: richer graduates in England will pay less for degree than poorer students

Measures being introduced in August labelled deeply regressive' and research suggests nurses and teachers could be among the worst affected

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The government's student loan reforms will benefit the country's best-paid graduates at the expense of nursing graduates, teachers and other lower- and middle-income earners, new research reveals.

Under the biggest reforms of student loans in England for more than a decade, many lower-paid earners face an increase in their total lifetime repayments of more than 30,000. Meanwhile, the highest-earning graduates will see their lifetime repayments fall on average by 25,000 compared with the previous arrangements, according to an analysis by the economic consultancy London Economics.