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27 June 2013updated 26 Sep 2015 1:01pm

Danny Alexander confirms: the student loan book will be privatised

Off the book borrowing of the worst kind.

By Alex Hern

Danny Alexander, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has confirmed that the Government will be privatising student loans as part of a plan to raise £15bn from sales of public assets, in order to boost investment.

Speaking to the Commons today, he said:

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