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Opinion: Cable may do enough to deserve our support

By Ben Johnson | Fri 15th October 2010 - 12:31 pm

The coalition government is busy reading through Lord Browne’s report into higher education funding. He has recommended lifting the cap on fees, currently set at £3290 per year. All Liberal Democrat MPs were elected on the understanding that they opposed any rise in fees. But is the level of fee the critical issue here? And why is a graduate tax more popular?

I joined the Liberal Democrats back in 2001, whilst an undergraduate at the University of Warwick. I joined because of opposition to tuition fees. Back then, the tuition fees I opposed were set …

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Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged higher education, tuition fees, universities and vince cable | 58 Comments

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