Wes Streeting on Sky NewsA minister was accused of selling everyone “short” with Labour’s new hike in the university tuition fees cap during a spiky interview this morning.The government has chosen to increase tuition fees cap in England for the first time in more than seven years, up to £9,535 from April 2025.The shock announcement comes amid warnings the university sector is facing a funding crisis and actually need fees to rise to £12,500 a year.The news – which leaked hours before the official parliamentary announcement – comes just four years after PM Keir Starmer pledged to scrap the fees altogether when he ran to be Labour leader, too.There were also no details of the costs to attend uni
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