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UK education secretary Bridget Phillipson has announced that university tuition fees in England are set to rise next academic year, with the maximum fee increasing by £285 to £9,535. This will be the first increase in university education for domestic undergraduate students since 2017, when fees were raised to £9,250.

Health Secretary Mr Streeting, a former president of the National Union of Students, said he would still go to university even with the fee rise.

The Government has announced that tuition fees will rise to £9,535 in England from the next academic year to help universities struggling financially.

Capped tuition fees paid by domestic students and a drop in overseas students had led to universities struggling financially in recent years.

The amount UK universities can charge British students is rising for the first time since 2017

The Commons speaker says he wants to find out how the news was briefed to the press before it was announced in Parliament.