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Byrne calls on Tories to 'confess' tuition fees failure
The Sutton Trust report proved the £9,000-a-year tuition system is "unsustainable and unfair."
Shadow higher education minister Liam Byrne called on the Tories yesterday to "confess" that raising tuition fees was a disaster after a new study revealed many graduates will never repay their debt.
The Labour MP said the Sutton Trust report proved the £9,000-a-year system is "unsustainable and unfair."
The Trust warned that most graduates will be coughing up loan repayments into their 50s - and three-quarters will never earn enough to clear the debt.
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