1. Labours promise to cut tuition fees
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Angle (informative/factual) –Labourspromise to cut tuitionfees.
Yellow:Pointstomentioninbulletin.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-30252713
‘The reportsaysa newsystem,broughtin since the last generalelection, meansvotershaveto be
registered individually,instead of by household.Itsaysthatcreatesa problembecausestudents
changeaddressfrequently.’
‘The research,which tracked studentvoting patternssince1997, saystherewasa surgeto the
Liberal Democratsin 2001, 2005 and 2010 becausethey promised to scrap tuition fees. Butthe
trebling of feesin England by thecoalition hasdamaged both LiberalDemocratand Conservative
prospectsamong students, say theauthors. They predicta studentswing to Labouratthe 2015
generalelection.’
 Studentstake up3% of populationwhichcouldaffectthe resultsof abouttenseats.
 Labour could pledge tocut tuitionfeesto£6000 in autumnof 2016 by reducingpensionof
those earningover£150,000 whichmeanslessdebt.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-31640592
 Liberal democratswantto keep£9000 feesas itcouldwreckfinancial sustainabilityof
universitiesandreduce supportfor disadvantagedstudents.
 Liberal democratsintroduced£21,000 policy- payingdebtswhenyouearnthatmuch.
 Conservativesincreasedtuitionfeesfrom£3000 to £9000 inorderto provide more financial
supportfor lessadvantaged- lookingoutfortheirown.
 Liberal Democrats’ share of the youngervote inview of their brokenpromise overtuition
feesin2010.
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/11847647.GENERAL_ELECTION_2015__Labour
_going_for_youth_in_battle_of_the_ages/?ref=rss
‘We learned this lesson the hard way butwe now havea systemthatworks,with university funding
madefair and sustainableby Liberal Democrats.’- NickClegg
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/mar/30/labour-cut-student-tuition-fees-6000-a-year
Alexander,Labour'selectionco-ordinator:‘we'reableto offera better solution to the studentsin this
country and to the financesof this country than thatwe'veseen fromtheConservatives.’

2. http://www.labour.org.uk/blog/entry/labours-plan-to-cut-tuition-fees-five-things-you-need-to-know
Raisingtuitionfeesto£9,000 has beenbadforstudentsandbad fortaxpayers.
The decisionbythe ToriesandLib Demsto increase tuitionfees to£9,000 meansthat the average
studentwill nowgraduate with£44,000 of debt.That's bad for them, because theyhave tensof
thousandsof poundsof debthangingoverthemfordecades – but it's badfor the taxpayertoo,
because almostthree quartersof studentswillneverpaytheirloanbackin full,andthe costof
writingitoff has to be metby the Government.Infact, governmentforecastsshow thatthe current
studentfee systemissettoadd £281 billiontothe national debtby2030-31.
Labour's planwill be fairertostudentsandtaxpayers
Cuttingtuitionfeesfrom£9,000 to £6,000 will reduce average graduate debtbynearly£9,000. And
because ourplanis fullyfunded,itmeans £40 billionlessgovernmentdebtby2030-31, or over£10
billionlessgovernmentdebtoverthe nextParliament.We willalsohelpstudentsfromlowerand
middle-income families byincreasingstudentgrantsby£400, sothat the full grantgoes upfrom
around£3,400 to around £3,800. More thanhalf of studentswill benefit.We will payforthe grant
increase byaskingthe highestearninggraduatestopaymore:increasingthe interestrate onthe
loanfrom 3 to 4 percent for those earningover£41,000. Thiswill make the overall systemof
repaymentfairer,butall studentswill be betteroff overall asaresultof our plan – withlessdebt,
and lesstorepay
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/11847647.GENERAL_ELECTION_2015__Labour_going_f
or_youth_in_battle_of_the_ages/?ref=rss
ElectionexpertJohnCurtice,of the Universityof Strathclyde,hasnodoubtthe prime ministerand
leaderof the oppositionare playing‘astutepolitics’.
His figuresforJanuaryshowthatnationally28 percent of under35s and 40 percent of over65s say
theywill vote Torycomparedto 38 percent of youngelectorsand26 per centof pensionersfor
Labour.