Rebel MPs steadfast against variable fees

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Senior rebels within the Labour Party would rather that the higher education bill fail, even if it means that higher education receives no additional funding, than help to introduce variable fees. Nick Brown, a close ally of chancellor Gordon Brown and a former chief whip, states that his opposition to the proposals are threefold: that they go against a clear-cut manifesto promise not to introduce variable top-up fees; that the level of debt faced by poorer students will be too high; and that the proposals will introduce a market into that the higher education sector that he believes is totally wrong.

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Grants may be key to success

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A number of New Year concessions on the higher education bill could see grants for student maintenance increased however, the government has stated that it has no intention of dropping the issue of variable university tuition fees. Publication of the higher education bill has now been postponed until soon after the Commons returns on 05 January 2004, with the government mulling over a number of concessions in its efforts to win over the Labour backbenchers that are threatening to vote against the bill.

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