Did e one know that the rate of interest on student loans was doubled this year?

The rate was doubled for all loans past/present from 2.4% to 4.8%. i am still studying and i am being charged £240 a year on just my first year student loan. how was this sneaked in? why was there nothing in the papers?
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Wow! how have they got a way with this without it being made public, and the public kicking up a fuss??they say that we need to be more qualified for jobs these days but yet their set on making it more and more undesirable to commit to.