Labour consider graduate tax

Title

Labour consider graduate tax

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

27 Dec 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:08

Description

Harry Beer reports on Labour Party proposals which would mean the introduction of a tax on graduates to help pay for tuition fees to help finance the increasing cost of higher education. If implemented it could mean graduates paying throughout their working lives for their university education. Includes contributions from Labour’s higher education spokesman, Bryan Davies; former Education Minister, Sir Rhodes Boyson; Liberal Democrat spokesman, Simon Hughes.

Contributors

Rhodes Boyson; Simon Hughes; Bryan Davies; Harry Beer

Keywords

Labour Party; Taxation; Education; Educational policy; Higher education; Universities; Student finance

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