Before even considering applying top-up fees to students' grants, Tony Blair should let us know what percentage of existing student loans are paid back in full.
My guess is "not a lot". If this is the case, top-up fees can only add to this problem, along with his ambitious plans for 50 per cent of school-leavers to go to university.
The majority of graduates will not earn anything near the amount required to start repaying the loan (possibly 20 per cent might).
In reality the taxpayer will still be picking up the tab, so let's be up front about it and leave things alone.
-Councillor Jan Young, Central Hove Ward
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