Is it fair to give EU students discounted university fees in the UK? | Letters

Vicky Wolmuth says the subsidy is unfair to British students, but Moira Hankinson writes that it would offer employers students with a wider outlook

I was appalled to read that the government is planning to subsidise EU students studying at UK universities (UK willing to spend £450m a year on EU students if it can join Made in Europe scheme, 1 November).

My daughters are both on Plan 2 student loan repayment schemes, with their crippling accumulative 9% interest rates deducted at source from their salaries. The student Plan 2 loan scheme has become a financial burden for those graduates for the next 30 years. Getting a foot on the housing ladder in London, with the high cost of living coupled with ludicrous rents without rent controls and student loan repayments, is virtually impossible.

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