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  • 4 Nov 2010
    Students and academics criticise £9,000 tuition fees

    Students and academics have condemned plans to raise the cap on tuition fees to a “basic threshold” of £6,000 and an “absolute limit” of £9,000 a year.

  • 22 Oct 2010
    Why Nick Clegg is wrong, wrong and wrong

    Stung by accusations of targeting the poor in the Comprehensive Spending Review, not to mention misleading voters by reneging on central electoral promises in exchange for power, deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has decided to pick a fight with the respected think-tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). There can only be one winner in this fact spat, and it will not be Mr Clegg.

  • 14 Oct 2010
    Liberal Youth and Young Greens slam tuition fees plan

    The youth wings of the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party have attacked proposals - supported by LibDem and Tory ministers - to raise student tuition fees in England.

  • 13 Oct 2010
    Christian students condemn government's plan for tuition fees

    The Student Christian Movement (SCM) have reacted with anger to government plans to lift the cap on university tuition fees while spending billions on Trident.

  • 12 Oct 2010
    Lib Dems under pressure over plan for unlimited student fees

    Students and academics have urged Lib Dem MPs to stick to an election pledge and vote against proposals to remove the cap on university tuition fees in England.

  • 29 Sep 2010
    CND welcome Miliband speech, but press him on Trident

    The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) have welcomed Ed Miliband's first speech as Labour Party leader and urged him to stick to his views on Trident.

  • 26 Sep 2010
    Ed Miliband's Trident challenge

    I don't seem to have a very positive effect on Ed Miliband. The first time I met him, he practically ran away from me, while on the second occasion, he broke into a serious coughing fit. If there's a third time, I hope it will be a more positive experience for both of us.

  • 26 Sep 2010
    I'm no left-winger, says Ed Miliband

    The Labour Party's new leader Ed Miliband has moved quickly to emphasise his centrist views and to refute claims in the right-wing press that he is too left-wing.

  • 23 Sep 2010
    Lib Dem minister puts Trident's future in doubt

    The future of the Trident nuclear weapons system is hanging in the balance after a minister confirmed that the final decision on its renewal could be delayed.

  • 22 Sep 2010
    Coalition facing embarrassment over Lib Dem vote on arms trade

    Delegates to the Liberal Democrats’ party conference have voted in favour of ending government support for the arms trade.