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EPISODE · Jan 20, 2026 · 32 MIN

Student loans have screwed over a generation

from The New Statesman Podcast, Subscriber Only Edition

Cast your mind back to 2010…    Apple launched the ipad, a volcano erupted in Iceland and David Cameron and Nick Clegg passed a bill that would screw over a generation of young people.   This was, of course, the decision to triple university tuition fees in England to £9,000 per year   Oli Dugmore is joined by Rachel Cunliffe to discuss how this has radicalised graduates.

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Cast your mind back to 2010…    Apple launched the ipad, a volcano erupted in Iceland and David Cameron and Nick Clegg passed a bill that would screw over a generation of young people.   This was, of course, the decision to triple university tuition...

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