Labour to cut Tuition Fees...
Discussion
I find it interesting that to "differentiate" themselves from the current government they are not suggesting dropping fees back to the previous level - a tacit admission that in fact the current government's stance on the issue, in that the fees need to be much higher to be sustainable, is correct. They've also done away with the concept of a student tax.
No Labour are buying votes again, students will vote for lower fees even if the country ends up so f
ked they can't get a job after uni. Add in that a lot of parents will vote on this as well especially those who feel let down by the liberals who haven't stood up to the nasty Torys and we could see a labour government fking up the country again at the next election.
ked they can't get a job after uni. Add in that a lot of parents will vote on this as well especially those who feel let down by the liberals who haven't stood up to the nasty Torys and we could see a labour government fking up the country again at the next election.ha ha...what a bunch of jokers!
drop max fees by 3k to win votes from students and parents.......vote buying
fund it by higher corp taxes?........lower incentive for economic success
charge higher interest from more successful candidates?......here we go again...if you are smart and hard working, you are a moron!
drop max fees by 3k to win votes from students and parents.......vote buying
fund it by higher corp taxes?........lower incentive for economic success
charge higher interest from more successful candidates?......here we go again...if you are smart and hard working, you are a moron!
whoami said:
davepoth said:
...to a maximum of £6000. They will fund this by canceling a corporation tax cut, and by charging extra interest to the highest earning graduates.
Thoughts?
They are not in a position to cut anything so it's just propaganda.Thoughts?
Einion Yrth said:
While I concur with the sentiment you would have to be either very young or very blind not to realise that the f|_|ckers will be back to shaft us all again some time soon.
I actually agree with you...with the pain we are all going through...the offer of free st like before is too hard to resist. Very good game plan!Einion Yrth said:
odyssey2200 said:
And I hope and pray that they never are ever again.
While I concur with the sentiment you would have to be either very young or very blind not to realise that the f|_|ckers will be back to shaft us all again some time soon.odyssey2200 said:
whoami said:
davepoth said:
...to a maximum of £6000. They will fund this by canceling a corporation tax cut, and by charging extra interest to the highest earning graduates.
Thoughts?
They are not in a position to cut anything so it's just propaganda.Thoughts?
bks to'em. I'm not unduly fussed about paying £9k a year tuition fees if it means I can enter the career I am aiming for and do well for myself. A cut of a £3k a year on the tuition fees and then being lumbered with an extra graduate tax for life, if I'm successful, on top of all the other taxes I will have to pay really does not appeal.
ks to'em. I'm not unduly fussed about paying £9k a year tuition fees if it means I can enter the career I am aiming for and do well for myself. A cut of a £3k a year on the tuition fees and then being lumbered with an extra graduate tax for life, if I'm successful, on top of all the other taxes I will have to pay really does not appeal.They could easily afford to cut the fees to zero and reinstate grants if they stopped sending kids to do degrees that neither the kids nor the nation benefit from.
Circa 3% go to uni.
Paid for by grants.
It worked before but of course they can't possibly admit that this was better and how would they hide youth unemployment and what about gloating about how much standards have improved....
Oh well.
Circa 3% go to uni.
Paid for by grants.
It worked before but of course they can't possibly admit that this was better and how would they hide youth unemployment and what about gloating about how much standards have improved....
Oh well.
cymtriks said:
They could easily afford to cut the fees to zero and reinstate grants if they stopped sending kids to do degrees that neither the kids nor the nation benefit from.
Circa 3% go to uni.
Paid for by grants.
It worked before but of course they can't possibly admit that this was better and how would they hide youth unemployment and what about gloating about how much standards have improved....
Oh well.
It's what the current government are doing by stealth; They can't just come out and say "we're reducing the number of degrees by 90%", but if they reduce the number of people applying, there will be no need for the courses, which will wither of their own accord. I just hope they'll get the technical colleges and apprenticeships in place to take up the slack. Circa 3% go to uni.
Paid for by grants.
It worked before but of course they can't possibly admit that this was better and how would they hide youth unemployment and what about gloating about how much standards have improved....
Oh well.
whoami said:
davepoth said:
...to a maximum of £6000. They will fund this by canceling a corporation tax cut, and by charging extra interest to the highest earning graduates.
Thoughts?
They are not in a position to cut anything so it's just propaganda.Thoughts?
turbobloke said:
Weren't they supposed to be against cuts 
A question nobody from the Labour party could answer on the daily politics a couple of day ago:"According to [I forget the name of the statistic collectors] total public spending this year fell by 0.7%, is that too far too fast?"
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