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LeftishBrit

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Wed May 18, 2016, 04:17 PM May 2016

George Osborne once called university tuition fees “a tax on learning” and “very unfair"

George Osborne once called university tuition fees “a tax on learning” and “very unfair” - before the Tories trebled them to £9,000 a year.

The revelation has come to light after recent Manchester music graduate, Rosy Williams, posted a letter onto Facebook that she received from the politician in 2003 in which he sought to address concerns surrounding a fee increase...


Mr Osborne - then just MP for Tatton - wrote: “When I was at university 10 years ago, my education was free.

“Since then, the Government has imposed fees which mean that most students today pay more than £1,000 a year to go to university. Now they want to go further and introduce so-called ‘top-up fees’, which will mean students paying £3,000 a year for their education. To my mind, this is a tax on learning and is very unfair.”

(More at link):

http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/finances/george-osborne-letter-from-2003-reveals-how-he-thought-tuition-fees-were-a-tax-on-learning-and-very-a7035226.html

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George Osborne once called university tuition fees “a tax on learning” and “very unfair" (Original Post) LeftishBrit May 2016 OP
He isn't the only MP to act like that T_i_B May 2016 #1
The only true thing he's ever said Bad Dog May 2016 #2

T_i_B

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1. He isn't the only MP to act like that
Wed May 18, 2016, 05:41 PM
May 2016

Last edited Thu May 19, 2016, 07:39 AM - Edit history (1)

I've written to my MP a few times lobbying for recall elections and it amused me when she replied last year saying that she had always been in favour of recall elections after previously being very strongly opposed!

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