Labour “has got to change the tuition fees system” in England “because it is unfair”, Sir Keir Starmer has said.
The opposition leader skirted round the issue of Labour’s policy on higher education funding in a speech on education policies and breaking the “class ceiling”, but addressed the topic when fielding questions from journalists afterwards.
Sir Keir had previously said the party would drop its Jeremy Corbyn-era commitment to abolish fees and fund higher education via public spending – but has given no commitments on the successor policy.
Comments by the shadow education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, have so far focused on changes that could be made to the existing loan repayments system to make it fairer to graduates.
