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- Sir Nick Clegg described the university tuition system as deeply unfair and proposed an independent body to oversee loans.
- He acknowledged his 2012 role in raising tuition but distanced himself from later changes.
- He called for restoring maintenance grants and linking repayment thresholds to inflation.
- Labour MPs condemned the current loan system, with Sir Keir Starmer advocating reforms.
- Education Minister Bridget Phillipson signaled a Plan 2 loans review.
