We weren’t expecting much from the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement for higher education.
Indeed, we weren’t expecting much for anyone, such has been the tenor of what Liz Truss will perhaps ruefully reflect was the way the ground has been prepared.
Other coverage will tell you how bleak things look for the UK – this year set to be the worst on record for household disposable income. I don’t think anyone was expecting any further support for students – indeed, the publication of the household income analysis confirms that the perverse means by which the principal amount of fee loans are counted towards household income for students will continue – artificially making student households look better off than they are.
