So, under the proposal put forward by the National Union of Students (NUS), a graduate on £40,000 would pay £125 a month, while someone on £16,000 would pay £5.
What could be fairer than that? The banker would pay more than the nurse, or social worker – just as they do in the current tax system.
Ah, but ministers will warn it would take longer to get the money back, which is where the added twist comes in, courtesy of Lib-Dem peer Lord Smith.
The funding gap would be plugged by asking lucky ex-students who escaped fees to pay a “windfall tax” to help our struggling successors – say £5,000 for a three-year degree, or £12,000 for a masters.
Come on, get your wallets out!
SO, Jane Kennedy is leaving us – but will she live on forever as a quiz question?
The Wavertree MP is the only Labour minister to have resigned on both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
