All Universities in UK will charge at least £6,000 a year from 2012, according to new Conservative plans announced last week.
The maximum rate at the moment is £3,290 a year and those institutions that are over-subscribed will charge £9,000 when the new rules come into force. They will push for the maximum charge allowed under the new proposals, as charging lower fees could compromise their prestige.
A huge mass protest against tuition fees took place yesterday and was led by more than 45,000 students, who descended on Westminster and stormed Conservative Party HQ starting fires and throwing concrete from the roof. All Conservative staff were evacuated from the building at 3pm under a strong police guard and at least eight people were hurt.
It was the biggest protest by students since 1998, when tuition fees were first introduced by Labour.
Today David Cameron vowed that he would not turn back on trebling tuition fees and condemned the students who tried to ransack Conservative headquarters yesterday, saying the full force of the law should be used to prosecute violent protesters.
On the other hand, it will be hard to prevent working-class kids from being priced out of education.
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