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While doing my tax return I logged into my student loan account. In the last year I've paid GBP 920 off my student loan, while GBP 780 was added in interest. At the current rate, I will pay off my loan in around 160 years.

Christian Lawson-Perfect

@julesh I haven't look at my student loan since I was 23 and I don't think they've even got an address I lived in this decade. I'm choosing to believe it's best for all involved if I don't know any detail about it

@christianp About 5 years ago I was working in Germany and they tracked me down and told me I needed to pay manually

@julesh good, the system works. My only fear is that somehow I keep giving them money after I've paid my loan off

@christianp I believe the way the system is intended to work is that if you finish paying it off and don't tell them they will continue taking your money for 1 year, and after that they will pay you back minus the interest