ABSTRACT
We shall come back to Helena in a moment. But what was exercising me was the apparently universal assumption that if and when they bring in realistically huge tuition fees for university students, the adult children of poorer parents would be let off, and those whose parents could afford more would pay the lot. It happens at the moment: the £1,050 fee is thoroughly means tested, as is the student loan. And given the class-hatred militancy of Margaret Hodge’s cry: ‘Why should the dustman pay for the doctor?’ it seemed likely that the Government would carry on the principle.
