Damian Green admits Tories may need to review tuition fees

Theresa May's top aide says student debt is 'huge issue' in speech urging Tories to modernise to win over Labour voters

Britain may need to have a national debate on university tuition fees, Theresa May's most senior minister has said after urging the Tories to modernise to win over young metropolitan voters who backed Jeremy Corbyn's Labour.

Damian Green said the current system, with fees capped at 9,250 a year, allows UK universities to deliver high quality courses and teaching, and accounts for the country's disproportionate number of top institutions.

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