Most of the UK public back student loan forgiveness, grants or bursaries for young people training to work in the NHS, according to new polling.
A YouGov survey, commissioned by the University Alliance, found that 85% of respondents backed financial support for students training to enter professions such as nursing.
Support spanned the political spectrum, with 93% of Labour voters and 80% of Reform voters in favour.
The findings come amid renewed calls from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) for a loan forgiveness scheme in England, under which student nurses’ debt would be gradually cleared in return for years of service in the NHS and other publicly funded healthcare settings.
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