Angela Rayner MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Education, responding to the Government statement on increasing tuition fees above their current £9,000 a year limit, said:

“The Tories are letting down young people. First they trebled tuition fees saddling students with debt, now they’ve confirmed they’re set to go up again.

"Labour has consistently warned that these further increases in fees will be a barrier to aspiration, making it even more difficult for those from low and middle-income families to get the best education they deserve.

“Theresa May’s warm words on standing up for working people have been exposed as a sham – all her Government is offering is more of the failure we’ve seen from the Tories for the last six years.