Labour to begin consulting on new ways to fund university education

But senior party figures believe Starmer’s U-turns on campaign pledges are creating a damaging policy vacuumLabour will begin consulting on new ways to fund university education within weeks, as senior party figures warn that Keir Starmer’s decision to drop a previous promise to abolish fees altogether could be a “disaster” for Thursday’s local elections.The Labour leader told the BBC on Tuesday he was looking at alternative ideas for funding the higher education se