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Clegg shamed for tuition fees treachery as students take to the streets
Deputy PM receives parliamentary mauling for education betrayal

Nick Clegg was shamed in Parliament yesterday for his tuition fees treachery as thousands of students he sold out prepared to march for free education.

Labour MPs shouted: "Say sorry" as the Deputy Prime Minister struggled to excuse his support for a funding system slammed as unsustainable by experts in a new report.

The independent Higher Education Commission (HEC) said yesterday that £9,000-a-year fees represented the "worst of both worlds" for student and taxpayers.

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