1. Labours promise to cut tuition fees
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Do you think labour will restore young people’strustin politicsby cutting tuitionfees,afterthe
liberal democrats failedto keeptheirpromise?
Paul Rossington(educator) statement:
“erm…Ido feel labourpledge tocuttuitionfeesfromthe current£9000 to £6000 will restore faithin
the political party…ummm…foryoungpeople.Ifeel thatthe previouspledgebythe liberal
democratswasa failure because theydidn’tactuallyfoundagovernmentthemselves,theyformeda
coalitionwiththe conservativesinthe previouselectionandIfeel thatthathad a lot to do withthe
fact that tuitionfeeswere cutthenraisedagain.Laboursplantocut tuition feesisastepinthe right
direction,isitenough?Idon’tthinkso.I wouldpreferyoungpeople goingintoeducationwithout
havingto paytuitionfeesatall and to introduce anew grant maintenance system.