THE SNP have called on Andy Burnham to dig out his 2015 Labour leadership pledge and scrap tuition fees on entering No 10.

Alex Kerr, newly elected SNP MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, urged Mr Burnham to resurrect the 11-year-old pledge made when he ran against Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership.

“He should copy the SNP and scrap tuition fees, otherwise he’ll be off to the same start as Starmer — breaking promises the moment he becomes prime minister,” he said.

“Free tuition makes a real difference in people’s lives — we know that Scottish graduates start their careers in £35,000 less debt on average than their English counterparts, an immense saving.

“Andy Burnham should now honour his election pledge and lift English students out of tens of thousands of pounds of punishing student debt by scrapping tuition fees.”

Mr Burnham was approached for comment.