Starmer Hits Students with Tuition Fees Hike | #NovaraLIVE

The government has announced hikes to tuition fees; Keir Starmer has dialled up his anti-immigration rhetoric.

Plus: we speak to Max Geller from Palestine Action to discuss the group's recent actions.

00:00 Intro
00:33 Tuition Fees
21:49 US Elections
48:08 Palestine Action
59:44 Kemi Badenoch

With Steven Methven and Aaron Bastani.
Additional writing by Harriet Williamson.
Produced by Gary McQuiggin.
__________________________

Support our journalism by buying Novara Media merch:

Donate one hour’s wage per month, or whatever you can afford:

[markmac]

Funny how the people raising tuition fees probably did not pay any fees themselves!

[mickhills]

The last thing neoliberalism wants is an educated public. Come on, let's get real.

[greendragonspirit]

The idea of paying for education is already insane !

[seanminty]

Just another broken pledge from Starmer. I didn't know he had any left to break

[sigrit]

higher tuition fees are inexcusble, everywhere else lower fees are possible - it is unfathomable that the British unversity management is that bad - without education there is no way out of this mess!

[shazoids]

What a massive massive disappointment Labour are turning out to be. So much for redistributing wealth.

[klang]

Starmer is the worst possible Labour leader. Does he do anything with a shred of progressiveness?

[Priya-xcpe]

My sister's training to be a nurse in Wales and if you work in NHS Wales for 2yrs after qualifying they pay off your loans. She's already working on the ward 60+hrs a week for free! You'd think we have an excess of nurses....

[slai]

All workers should demand 100% increase in their salaries.

[hilltoptor]

Dont think Starmer even knows his own self, the times he has completely ignored what he has stood for before. Very shifty. He will turn himself inside out too many times and end up his own you know what.

[possiblystevo]

we need more education not less, it leads to better outcomes on a societal level. too many of us are doomed to waste our lives as a blue collar cog in the capitalist machine because we lost the lottery of birth.
so much wasted potential.

[mervynhyde]

Starmer Privatisation agenda, make it too expensive for students other than the rich and then privatise.

[vdubberk]

Great to see Novara covering the wonderful work of Palestine Action, love to see more of this in the future

[nickydietrich]

They raise fees in line with inflation, but don't raise wages in line with inflation. Most public services are 25% below pay reparation. We went through austerity under the proviso the government would use the money to improve growth in the country. They didn't do that. They stole the money and put it in their own bank accounts. Therefore we need that money paid back to us. I'll look forward to that announcement which is only fair.

[secret]

Certainly "at worst" I really think tuition fee interest should be capped at inflation, not inflation + 3%, that's just a tax.

[ECECECECEC]

Ignoring everything else….. if starmer had decided to do this why not bring it all out in the budget?

[tigersilberhannes]

Dear english students!
Go to other countries to studdy.
It costs you less and it gives you some real experiences in addition to the academic ones.
Even if you only make the tiny hopp to France or Spain it will still be worlds apart from your Hogwarts and the University of Silly Walks.

[sirparnassusmang]

Labour introduced loans, they put loans up. No country for young people.

[RichardSamson]

Why is Mr Bastani advertising "The North Face" brand? Is this really the right kind of message from Novara?

[RichardEnglander]

I remember when Labour brought them in, 1997...