January 23, 2004
Blair Government Proposes Raising Tuition, Angering Many in Britain
Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labor government this month published long-awaited details of its plans to overhaul British higher education by, among other things, allowing universities in England and Wales to increase tuition to $5,450 per year.
Some of the most vocal opponents of the legislation, which was first announced last January and formally presented in November, have come from the Labor Party's own ranks. Many Labor members of Parliament argue that the imposition of the "top-up
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