So who will benefit the most if student fees are held as low as possible?
Well the people who buy most of the university education of course.
Those who went to fee-paying schools. And their parents who, even at £9,000 a year, are facing bills lower than the ones they have been paying to schools for the previous 13 years at least.
More generally, the higher up the income scale the greater the benefit, even for those whose children went to state schools.
Compared to that give away, full-fee bursaries to children from poor families who demonstrate that they are ready to benefit from a university education would be a snip.
Remind me – how many members of the Cabinet have children who are not yet off their hands?
