Skip to main content
Job vacancy with the National Education Union
Labour's university tuition fee hike slammed
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson arrives in Downing Street, London, for a Cabinet meeting, October 8, 2024

UNIVERSITY tuition fees are to be hiked by the government in the latest indication of undead austerity.

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson told MPs last night that the fees will rise to £9,535 per year from April, broadly in line with current inflation, hitting tens of thousands of students.

This is the first rise since 2017 and represents a double deception  by PM Sir Keir Starmer. 

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
More from this author
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, May 14, 2025
Labour Party / 25 September 2025
25 September 2025
Former Labour leader and Independent MP Jeremy Corbyn addresses campaigners from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign taking part in a protest outside Downing Street, London, to oppose the upcoming visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog, September 9, 2025
Politics / 25 September 2025
25 September 2025
Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan at the launch of the Holiday Hope programme, July 24, 2025
Britain / 24 September 2025
24 September 2025
Former Labour leader and Independent MP Jeremy Corbyn joins workers on the picket line at the Village Hotel in Glasgow who have been on a month-long strike over pay and conditions, August 22, 2025
Politics / 24 September 2025
24 September 2025
Similar stories
A �10 note issued by the Bank of England featuring a portrait of King Charles III in a piggy bank. Picture date: Tuesday August 20, 2024
Cost-of-living Crisis / 12 August 2025
12 August 2025
University graduates
Britain / 9 January 2025
9 January 2025