University Challenge: a middle class revolt?

a special Breakfast series

In the latest on our special series on the crisis in student fees, we looked at the plight of the middle classes.

Many of those who voted Labour for the first time in 1997, giving the government a landslide victory, have discovered they'll also be hit hard by increases in tuition fees for their children.

Breakfast heard the stories of three people whose lives will be changed by higher university fees.

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The government's caught by two of its own promises: it's pledged not to increase income tax, but it also wants a huge expansion of higher education, with a target of 50 per cent of children going on to University by the end of the decade.

So, are ministers backing away from hefty increases for students and their families?

To get the inside track on Labour's thinking, we spoke to David Clarke, who's a former advisor to Robin Cook.

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We want to hear your views - especially if you have a story to tell us.

Do you worry about how to pay for your children's university education? And, if you're stilll at school, does the current mess over fees put you off the whole idea of going to college?

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