GOVERNMENT SET TO ANNOUNCE UNIVERSITY TUITION FEES WILL RISE FOR FIRST TIME IN EIGHT YEARS

National media reports suggest that the Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson will make a statement in the House of Commons this afternoon to announce the first rise in university tuition fees for eight years.

A freeze on fees is set to expire next year, when they were due to rise with inflation. A longer-term view of fees is expected to form part of the a three-year spending review.

In England, tuition fees are currently £9,250. However, is fees rise with inflation, they reach between £12,000 and £14,000.