Boris Johnson hints that the Tories will slash the soaring cost of university tuition fees
BORIS Johnson has dropped a strong hint that the Tories will act next week to slash the soaring cost of university tuition fees.
The Foreign Secretary’s suggestion comes as Theresa May last night pledged to unveil a raft of fresh plans to help angry young people.
Student debt must be “addressed” by a Tory party which won only 26 per cent of under-40s’ votes at the election, warned Boris.
The Foreign Secretary, whose brother Jo is the Universities Minister, said: “The question is, how do you help young people to manage their debts? We have to address that, and we will.”
Students in England now graduate with average debts of more than £50,000 after interest rates on loans were hiked to 6.1 per cent.
While the Tories bombed with under-40s, more than 60 per cent of younger voters backed Labour’s pledge to scrap tuition fees.
Theresa May is expected to announce action at their conference next week.
She said last night: “The next generation should always have it better than the last.”
She added that she “understands the concerns raised, particularly by young people” in June’s disastrous poll result for her.
