Corbyn announces £10bn to scrap university tuition fees

[Shadow801]

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Labour leadership candidate says plan can be funded either by a rise in national insurance, a higher corporation tax, or by slowing the deficit reduction

Jeremy Corbyn has set out a £10bn plan to scrap all tuition fees and restore student maintenance grants in his first major policy announcement.

Corbyn said the plan could be funded either by a 7% rise in national insurance for those earning over £50,000 a year and a 2.5% higher corporation tax, or by slowing the pace at which the deficit is reduced.

Corbyn said: “I want to apologise on behalf of the Labour party to the last generation of students for the imposition of fees, top-up fees and the replacement of grants with loans by previous Labour governments. I opposed those changes at the time – as did many others – and now we have an opportunity to change course.”

The move is also designed to strengthen the already strong support his campaign is gaining among younger Labour members.
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[url]http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/jul/15/jeremy-corbyn-announces-10bn-plan-to-scrap-university-tuition-fees[/url]

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[sb27]

So he waited until his fellow Labour MPs overwhelmingly pass a motion of no confidence against him, before he announced this?

Trying to save face. Just politics as usual.

Nvm out of date article

[X-JIDE]

Old news is old.

Edit: 15th july [B]2015[/B] ah.

[Fulcrum]

[QUOTE=sb27;50614844]So he waits until his fellow Labour MPs overwhelmingly pass a motion of no confidence against him, before he does this?

Trying to save face. Just politics as usual.[/QUOTE]

Naw this has been his platform since the beginning. Also look at date of article.

[editline]29th June 2016[/editline]

[QUOTE=X-JIDE;50614846]So why only say this now after the EU referendum?[/QUOTE]

Look at date mate

[Lordofdafood]

So what happens to people like me who have already been screwed over by it

[codenamecueball]

this is from 2015?