Labour vows to reverse planned Tory changes to student loan system

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson says party would reduce monthly repayments for graduates

Labour has promised to reverse changes to the student loan system being planned by the Conservative government in a way that could reduce monthly repayments for graduates.

Bridget Phillipson, the shadow education secretary, said on Friday the tuition fees system was “broken”, but repeated the insistence by her party leader, Keir Starmer, that Labour would not be able to afford to scrap fees altogether.