Angela Rayner MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Education, responding to reports that universities are already increasing tuition fees above their current £9,000 a year limit, sai

“It appears that three universities are jumping the gun by increasing tuition fees before any agreement by Parliament.

"I fear that they will be just the first of many to increase tuition fees in line with inflation.

"The Tories are letting down young people. First they trebled tuition fees saddling students with debt, now they’re going up again.

"I warned the new Secretary of State only yesterday that an increase in fees will be just another barrier to aspiration, making it even more difficult for those from low and middle-income families to get the best education they deserve.

"It is a tax on aspiration and opportunity, despite Theresa May’s warm words about One Nation.”