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 Two teenagers have lost much of their legal battle against the raising of tuition fees in England. Callum Hurley, from Peterborough, and Katy Moore, from London, claimed the decision to allow fees to rise breached human rights and equality laws. The 17-year-olds had argued that higher fees would discriminate against poor and ethnic minority students.
High Court judges sitting in London rejected calls for ministers to reconsider the plans for higher fees. They did say that the government had failed to comply fully with its public service equality duties, but said it would "not be appropriate" to quash the regulations bringing in higher fees because there had been "very substantial compliance".The UK government has welcomed the decision, saying it is pleased the judges had "rejected outright" the suggestion that its student finance changes breached human rights.
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Fees are now set to rise in other parts of the UK too, although not for all students.
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