Skills White Paper: Labour commits to university tuition fee rises

Skills White Paper: key reforms at a glance

Government commits to raising tuition fees and maintenance loans, with universities expected to deliver higher-quality teaching and more specialised research in return

By Juliette Rowsell

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Two young female students studying outdoors.

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By Helen Packer

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Liz Kendall (left) and Jacqui Smith (right) with graduates in between them. To illustrate universities being left as ‘piggy in the middle’ after skills reshuffle.

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By Tom Williams

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#1 Submitted by david.... on October 21, 2025 - 9:57am

Speaking in the House of Commons, Phillipson said the government “will not allow institutions who don’t take quality seriously to make their students pay more” Why let them teach at all?

Skills White Paper: Labour commits to automatic tuition fee rises

Bridget Phillipson says fees to rise with inflation for next two academic years with automatic annual increases then set to be introduced

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