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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-01T04:33:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "The market value of the student loan book is approximately £33bn lower than official government accounts suggest. As a result, our national debt is higher than we’re being told – disguised by billions in loans that are much less valuable than they appear, says Sebastian Charleton Britain’s young are the most educated generation in our [...]",
  "title": "The student loan book is disguising the real size of the national debt"
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