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<b>Latest:</b> Labour and the Tories accused of a 'conspiracy' to increase tuition fees as ministers order full-scale review of student finance2009-11-09T08:43:57ZTories pledge to give rights to grandparents
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Grandparents will be given new rights to maintain contact with their grandchildren if the Conservatives win power2009-10-26T07:31:10ZStudents to face higher tuition fees after election
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Students face higher tuition fees after next election as Tories hint they are prepared to consider raising the current £3,225 a-year charge2009-10-14T08:12:59ZMPs disclose contents of expenses letters
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These are the MPs who have so far disclosed all or part of the content of letters received from Sir Thomas Legg, as a result of his inquiry into additional cost allowances claimed between 2004-5 and 2008-92009-10-14T10:30:24Z50,000 students waiting for cash? That's reasonable, says loans chief
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Head of the student loans agency caused outrage today by saying it was 'reasonable' for 50,000 people to start university without their grants2009-09-17T15:12:12ZMore women graduates finding jobs than men
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Women graduates are proving more successful at weathering the employment crisis than their male peers, new figures reveal2009-08-17T13:01:18Z50,000 students turned away from universities
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As many as 50,000 students will be denied university places this summer amid record demand for degree courses2009-07-09T08:03:26ZHow the Tories were Googled?
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Strategy supremo Steve Hilton and internet queen Rachel Whetstone are the power couple in David Cameron’s court. But can their web of influence
reach a new generation of voters?2009-07-09T07:34:12ZTougher times for graduates with a third more out of work
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Students are facing a jobs crisis after graduate unemployment soared by a third2009-07-02T13:25:42ZTory’s £1,250 per hour for writing
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Sennior Tory Michael Gove is earning up to £1,250 an hour for a newspaper column, the Tories disclosed today2009-06-29T15:00:27ZTop Tories to give up second jobs by next year
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David Cameron announces that all of his shadow ministers would give up their second jobs by the end of the year, but dismisses suggestions outside interests were incompatible with being a good MP2009-06-29T10:03:27ZBig push for Norwich seat
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David Cameron has ordered a full-scale campaign to clinch the Norwich North seat after the local Labour MP Ian Gibson quit2009-06-22T13:28:14ZTories ditch second jobs in attempt to outflank voter fury
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Tory policy chief Oliver Letwin leads a rush of shadow Cabinet ministers giving up lucrative second jobs2009-06-22T08:53:00ZGraduates face jobless future
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Up to 40,000 university graduates could still be unemployed in six months because of the recession2009-06-11T08:32:32ZPayback time for greedy MPs over expenses
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The “payback” of MPs expenses gathered pace as ministers and Labour MPs scrambled to refund the taxpayer2009-05-13T08:35:03ZWhat they claimed: MPs expenses in full
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2009-05-12T11:28:11ZDavid Cameron: Pay back expenses or you’re sacked
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David Cameron warned Tory MPs to pay back ‘dodgy’ expenses or be sacked2009-05-12T13:01:20ZTories in trouble - claim for 25 lightbulbs
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2009-05-11T07:34:07ZPoliticians living near Keens don't claim for second home
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Husband and wife London MPs Alan and Ann Keen, who have together claimed £213,000 of taxpayers' money for a second home in the capital, came under renewed fire2009-04-03T09:25:34ZColleges chief resigns over funding fiasco
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The head of the college funding council resigned with a £100,000 pay-off after major errors left the Government's £5billion rebuilding programme in crisis2009-03-23T14:35:06ZCharge students £6,500 a year in fees, say university chiefs
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The debate over the future of university tuition fees began in earnest as vice-chancellors demanded the right to charge nearly £7,000 a year2009-03-17T09:18:32ZFunding is slashed at top research colleges
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Some of London's most prestigious universities will miss out on vital funding after having research grants reduced2009-03-05T09:17:59ZYou’ll work for free or not at all, graduates warned
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Graduates will be forced to work for free for the first time in a generation as firms axe jobs, employers warned2009-02-11T10:24:13ZStop kidding yourself, Harriet: there’s only one road to social mobility
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The Government wants, rightly, to broaden opportunities. But imposing equality by law is not the way to do it – the answer lies, again, in our schools2009-01-14T08:51:55ZFree childcare and money for poor to tackle class divide
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Free childcare for deprived youngsters and new laws to narrow the gap between rich and poor were unveiled by ministers as they vowed to end Britain's "class divide"2009-01-13T09:42:36ZSam tastes life on the council estate
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Samantha Cameron took a break from the Tory party conference in Birmingham to visit a council estate2008-10-01T09:27:59ZSkills shortage 'will affect Olympic sites'
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The building of London's Olympics venues will face a skills shortage because too few Londoners were being trained as builders, the Tories claim2008-09-29T08:47:07ZA future Tory Cabinet ... at least according to Tatler
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Ten young Conservatives - billed as the party's stars of the future - have been transformed from dour political animals to fashionable clothes horses2008-09-09T09:14:35ZPutney MP is tipped for key role in Tory cabinet
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Two high-flying Tory women MPs are expected to be drafted into the shadow cabinet as David Cameron bids to build on his "feminist" credentials and sharpens up his team to face Gordon Brown2008-07-14T09:18:30ZCameron free for a frontbench reshuffle
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David Cameron is being urged to carry out an extensive shadow cabinet reshuffle next month in the wake of David Davis's resignation2008-06-13T11:12:17Z