Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey demands clarity on whether Labour would re-impose student tuition fees

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Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey has called for urgent clarification on whether a Labour Scottish Government would re-impose tuition fees on students.This comes after former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale -who is no longer even a member of the Labour Party - let slip on The Power Test podcast that a Labour Scottish Government would relish re-imposing tuition fees on students.Since the SNP abolished tuition fees in 2007, the number of Scottish students entering university has grown by 31 per cent and the number of students from our deprived backgrounds going to university is at record highs.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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