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"Corbyn stated he would remove tuition fees at a cost of 10 billion a year"
Actually, not only was Corbyn's 2017 manifesto fully independently costed, it was the only one that was. We are the fifth richest country in the world as our leaders always tell us, and yet there are a number of countries in Europe who still offer free tuition to all EU and EEA students, and one or two who make the same offer for all students.
Austria: Tuition-free for students from the EU/EEA.
Denmark: Tuition-free for students from the EU/EEA.
Finland: Tuition-free for students from the EU/EEA.
France: Tuition-free for students from the EU/EEA.
Germany: Tuition-free for students from the EU/EEA. Tuition-free for students from other countries.
Greece: Tuition-free for students from the EU/EEA.
Hungary: Tuition-free for students from the EU/EEA.
Norway: Tuition-free for students from the EU/EEA. Tuition-free for students from other countries.
Poland: Tuition-free for students from the EU/EEA.
Scotland: No tuition fee for undergraduate degrees for Scottish or non-British EU citizens
Slovenia: Tuition-free for students from the EU/EEA.
Sweden: Tuition-free for students from the EU/EEA.
"and also deal with existing student debt."
There are not many people left who don't realise that this was a fabrication. One of those blatant misrepresentations designed to make Corbyn look like a liar who had double crossed the student population whose votes he was trying to gain. Anyone who saw the interview will be aware that he said no more than that he would see what he could do about existing debt.
As for grammar schools, there is a lot of evidence that shows that they can do more harm than good. For instance, in a grammar school area, if grammar schools take 25% of the best performing primary school pupils, those who are chosen to attend perform significantly better than those who are sent to Secondary Modern schools feeling demotivated and already branded as failures. However, in a corresponding comprehensive school system, the top 25% of pupils who attend do just as well as those who attend grammar schools, but the remaining 75% do better than the Secondary Modern equivalent.
https://www.dur.ac.uk/education/news/?itemno=34151#:~:text=Grammar schools are no better than other state schools, shows new research,-(28 March 2018&text=The apparent success of grammar,age 11, suggests the research.