Labour urged to focus on quality education not cost

Ed Miliband addresses EEF's National Manufacturing Conference 2012

On Friday, Ed Miliband, announced that a future Labour government would cut university fees from £9,000 to £6,000.

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Miliband said lowering tuition fees would save taxpayers £40bn by 2030 and guaranteed that this was a “fully funded policy”, where universities would receive an extra £2.7bn…