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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Katrine Bussey

Burnham accused of ‘hiking university tuition fees to record levels’

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has been criticised for "hiking tuition fees to record levels", with new figures revealing cost increases of a "staggering" 879% since their introduction.

Higher education costs for English universities currently stand at £9,790 per year for UK undergraduates, compared with the £1,000 annual rate set when Tony Blair’s government first created them in 1998.

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