Labour to scrap tuition fees for students starting in September

Jeremy Corbyn announces plans to abolish £9,000-a-year charges – including for EU undergraduates in UK

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Labour has brought forward the timetable for its pledge to scrap university tuition fees to this September, announcing that students starting courses this autumn will not have to pay if it wins the election.

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