Overview
- Lewis walked onto ITV's Good Morning Britain during Badenoch's interview to argue the repayment threshold should rise.
- He later apologized on X for "gate crashing" and said his team has requested a meeting.
- Badenoch accepted the apology and said she would appear on his show for a fuller debate.
- Conservatives are proposing to cap Plan 2 loan interest at RPI only, while Lewis says raising the threshold would help middle and lower earners more.
- The government is defending the Reeves budget decision to freeze the Plan 2 repayment threshold for three years, which critics say increases payments and breaches expectations.