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#1 Submitted by SeanieFinneran on June 14, 2021 - 6:58pm

Anglia Ruskin is a great friend of the Tories

Tories’ local backing for new universities bucks party rhetoric

As Conservative ministers attack sector expansion, MPs support it locally – offering potential route for sector ‘dialogue’ with party

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Tories’ local backing for new universities bucks party rhetoric

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