Aaron Porter, NUS President said:
“David Cameron is playing fast and loose with the facts on fees. Repeated claims that the proposals will reduce the deficit are not supported by the Office for Budget Responsibility, which last week said that they would increase public sector net debt by £13 billion by 2016."
"Ministers may have had the wool pulled over their eyes but students and their families will not have their intelligence insulted. MPs should do the honourable thing and vote down these damaging proposals. Students are now descending on Westminster to ensure that promises to voters are kept and they are not sold down the river."
“The Prime Minister obscures the fact that the Government is removing 80 per cent of public funding for the university teaching grant and all public funding for arts, humanities and social science courses. Of the £3.6bn provided by the government for teaching in English universities, £2.9bn is being removed in one fell swoop, doing untold damage to our economy, culture and society."
“The Government have repeatedly claimed that no students would pay upfront fees. In fact, many part-time students will not be eligible for loans, even after today's last ditch concessions to the growing parliamentary rebellion."
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