
By George Nixon and Tom Mitchell
Ever since Tony Blair’s government introduced tuition fees 19 years ago, the idea that a university education should cost something has been a staple of government policy. Which is why it makes it all the more interesting when the first secretary of state Damian Green, one of the PM’s closest confidants, and the Deputy Prime Minister in all but name, says we should have a “national debate” on tuition fees.
Aides to Mr Green, and the Universities Minister Jo Jo...
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