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University system "a racket" says Conservative peer | BBC Politics Live
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10:49Now PlayingConservative peer Lord Jackson has said there should be "fewer universities" in the UK.
Speaking on BBC2's Politics Live he called the university system "a racket" and "fundamentally broken" and blamed both the Conservatives and Labour.
SNP MP Lara Bird said the Scottish government had scrapped tuition fees for Scottish students "because we don't believe in punishing young people for going to university."
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