Kemi Badenoch 'ambushed' by Ed Balls and Martin Lewis over student loan debate

Kemi Badenoch was 'ambushed' on live television over her plans to cut student loan repayments for struggling graduates. The Conservative Party leader was caught in a mansplaining pincer movement by Ed Balls and Martin Lewis as she appeared on Good Morning Britain. She was being grilled by Mr Balls, the former Labour minister, about her proposal to cut 100,000 low quality university places and use the cost saving to reduce the crippling interest rate on student loans. But while they spoke, Money Saving Expert's Mr Lewis bounded unannounced onto the set and began haranguing her about the need to increase the salary threshold at which repayments start. He and Mr Balls then began speaking at her as she struggled to get a word in edgeways.