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The loan charge scandal: the Treasury U-turn destroying the lives of hardworking families

3 November 2018

9:00 AM

3 November 2018

9:00 AM

You probably haven’t heard of the loan charge. I hadn’t until a couple of months ago, when I told listeners to my LBC radio show that I would soon be interviewing Mel Stride, the financial secretary to the Treasury. Following this, I was bombarded by texts and emails from something called the Loan Charge Action Group and its many, many sympathisers.

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