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Decision day for tuition fees as students descend on London
Protesters are once again descending on London in their thousands today, as MPs vote on whether to treble tuition fees for students.
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More student protests on eve of crucial Commons vote
Thousands of students are expected to take to the streets today and tomorrow to protest against the planned rise in tuition fees.
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Nick Clegg defends tuition fees ahead of vote
The Government offers concessions on student tuition fees in an effort to head off a Liberal Democrat rebellion. Nick Clegg tells Channel 4 News the policy is the “right thing to do”.
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Lib Dem MPs may resign over tuition fees
Two senior Liberal Democrat MPs consider resigning from their positions in protest over plans to increase university tuition fees.
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Tuition fees: more student protests despite free year offer
Teenagers from poor backgrounds could have their first year at university paid for by the government, but as Keme Nzerem reports the plans won’t stop the protests.
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Principles, pledges and the weird politics of tuition fees
Krishnan Guru-Murthy blogs on news, tuition fees and the Martians.
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Over 170 arrested in fresh wave of protests
Across Britain last night, at least 170 people were arrested during a third day of violent protests against plans to raise student tuition fees.
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Nick Clegg’s bid to quell student fees protests
Deputy Prime Minister says the government’s system of tuition fees is more fair than a graduate tax. Is he right?
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Lib Dems plan mass abstention on tuition fees vote
The Liberal Democrats plan a mass abstention on the Commons tuition fees vote, writes our Political Editor, Gary Gibbon – but it could all still fall apart.
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Osborne plays the numbers game
The art of numerology is de rigeur among today’s crop of stat-tastic politicians, but do their numbers stack up, asks broadcaster Peter McHugh.
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Lib Dems plan mass abstention on tuition fees vote
The Liberal Democrats plan a mass abstention on the Commons tuition fees vote, writes our Political Editor, Gary Gibbon – but it could all still fall apart.
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Lib Dem candidates tell Clegg: oppose tuition fees rise
More than 100 Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidates sign a petition calling on the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, to oppose a rise in university tuition fees.
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Migration cap: May seeks 20 per cent cut in non-EU workers
Home Secretary Theresa May says the number of migrant workers coming to Britain from outside the EU will be cut by a fifth and capped at 21,700 from next year. Gary Gibbon looks at the numbers.
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Govt advisers: immigration should be cut by up to a quarter
Ministers are advised to seek a cut of up to 25 per cent in the number of non-EU migrant workers coming to Britain, and told the number of students from outside the EU should be more than halved.
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PMQs: royal engagement sneaks into the Commons
David Cameron fought off the opposition during PMQs as he basked in the realisation that months of royal distraction from the problems at home are ahead, writes broadcaster Peter McHugh.