The Observer view on Ed Miliband’s promise to cut tuition fees

What’s the right price for a university degree? This is a question Ed Miliband sought to answer this week. He announced a manifesto pledge to cut the university tuition fee cap from £9,000 to £6,000 a year, funded by restricting pension tax relief for higher earners. Yet after a day of press releases, speeches and interviews, we remain little the wiser as to what this will achieve. More...