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.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy blogs on news, tuition fees and the Martians.
Gary Gibbon
Tories are relaxed whatever happens on the Lib Dem benches, confident the measure gets through but Nick Clegg faces a challenge to unite his MPs over tuition fees.
Gary Gibbon
As Business Secretary Vince Cable confirms he will abstain on his own measure to reform university funding, Gary Gibbon hears from one senior Lib Dem that getting its MPs in line is like “herding frogs into a wheel barrow”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The NUS tells Channel 4 News that scores of university towns, backbenchers and students feel let down by the Lib Dems’ secret plans to scrap their pledge on fees, months ahead of the election.