Labour is set to abandon its commitment to abolish university tuition fees and fund English higher education through direct public spending, leader Sir Keir Starmer has said.
Sir Keir told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that the party was “looking at options” on how to fund universities.
But he signalled that the commitment to “free” university education – which he backed during his leadership campaign, continuing the position adopted by former leader Jeremy Corbyn – would go.
“We are likely to move on from that commitment because we do find ourselves in a different financial situation,” Sir Keir said.
