Student protests

Students staging a sit-in protest against tuition fees at University College London tell Channel 4 News they will have to be dragged out one by one before they leave.

Two senior Liberal Democrat MPs consider resigning from their positions in protest over plans to increase university tuition fees.

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.

Liberal Democrat Cabinet Ministers are set to support the Government’s plan to raise university tuition fees after Business Secretary Vince Cable says he is “collectively responsible” for the policy.

Across Britain last night, at least 170 people were arrested during a third day of violent protests against plans to raise student tuition fees.

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.

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.

Thousands of students have taken to the streets again to protest against tuition fees. There have been scuffles between police and demonstrators and a handful of arrests.

A senior Lib Dem tells Gary Gibbon that getting its MPs in line over the tuition fees vote is like “herding frogs”, as Business Secretary Vince Cable says he may abstain and students protest again.

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.

The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police says the “game had changed” after chaotic scenes punctuated this week’s student protests over higher tuition fees.

Students are marching out on a second day of protest at the government’s plans to raise the cap on tuition fees. Follow Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson at the demo and add your voice here.

As higher education students prepare for a second day of protests, Helen Palmer, a PhD student in London, thinks the proposed higher education funding cuts are politicising a generation.

Thousands of students have taken part in rallies against tuition fees. As Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reports, a police van was attacked and a bus shelter torched in central London.

As Edward Woollard pleads guilty to throwing a fire extinguisher off the roof of Millbank Tower, Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson writes as the student protesters turn their attention to the Lib Dems.