Keir Starmer has been warned that he has “no easy options” over student loans and higher education financing, after the Labour leader’s decision to scrap an earlier policy of abolishing tuition fees in England.
Experts and education leaders who have advised or been consulted by Labour have told the party that universities face greater financial difficulties than before the 2017 or 2019 elections, while the country’s economic difficulties leave it with less fiscal room to help students.
