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Daily Archives: October 12, 2010
STUDENT FEES BRING FIRST BIG CRACKS TO CONDEM COALITION
Having campaigned against any increase in university tuition fess, and with every sitting Lib Dem MP having signed personal pledges to that effect, today’s publication of the Browne report could mark the first major challenge to the ConDem coalition. Lord … Continue reading
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ON A PERSONAL NOTE…
I just received this text from a good friend with reference to her 15 year old son : “I could cry – Jack’s had little financial privilege all his life, but at least you used to be able to increase … Continue reading
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CABLE SELLS STUDENTS DOWN THE RIVER
Business Secretary Vince Cable today performed one of the biggest Lib Dem U-turns of the coalition to date, with his backing of Browne’s proposals to scrap the current cap on university tuition fees. Effectively making way for a free market, … Continue reading
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