Former Theresa May aide attacks tuition fees 'Ponzi scheme'

Nick Timothy was one of Theresa May’s co-chiefs of staff.The universities minister has defended tuition fees after one of Theresa May’s former chiefs of staff described them as an “ultimately pointless Ponzi scheme” that needed a radical overhaul.Nick Timothy, who was May’s most influential policy adviser until he resigned after the general election, used his new column in the Daily Telegraph to launch a wholesale attack on the system, which will see students paying