Labour are still more to blame in the eyes of the public for the cuts than the coalition government, but the gap has closed over the last 22 months according to Ipsos-Mori, who are showing a huge surge in the % of voters who blame the coalition for the cuts. Here’s the relevant chart from the pollster:
(h/t: Mike Smithson)
I was ready to be underwhelmed by Ed Miliband’s tuition fees announcement today. In recent weeks the outlines of Labour’s HE funding policy had been clear, leaving little scope for a ‘big bang’ announcement. And besides, cutting tuition fees to £6,000 didn’t look like a particularly radical reshaping of a system that is quite critically flawed. If the only policy that had been announced today had been a cut in the headline tuition fees figure I’d have been a bit […]
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The debate over the colour of a dress has been today’s biggest story. By this morning, the original Buzzfeed story had been read by more than 20 million people, all trying to figure out whether the dress was white and gold or black and blue. With Labour leader Ed Miliband doing the media rounds to promote the party’s latest election pledge to cut tuition fees, it was only a matter of time before he was asked his position on the […]
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Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, in a speech at Leeds College of Music, said: Today is about the young people of Britain. And all who care about them right across the generations. I have listened to you. And today I pledge the government I lead is going to work with you to change your future for the better. Four years ago I said the Promise of Britain – that the next generation will do better than the […]
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As expected, Labour have today confirmed that they pledge to cut tuition fees from £9,000 to £6,000 a year. In an email sent out to thousands of supporters by Ed Miliband in the last few moments. This is the fourth Labour election pledge (after reducing the deficit, controlling immigration, and funding for the NHS), and Miliband says it is a promise they will keep: “And unlike with certain other parties, that’s a promise you can rely on.” Update: Here’s the […]
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It is a harsh reality that too often politics responds to those who shout the loudest. We know that young people are currently far less likely to vote than their parents and grandparents, and as a result they have been ignored for too long and written off as ‘non-voters’. The situation is made worse by the missing million who have dropped off the electoral register this year alone, many of whom are young people and students. The Tories seem relaxed […]
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