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WES STREETING has said that he would not apologise for Labour moving away from a commitment to ditch university tuition fees.
The shadow health secretary said that the public finances are in too much of a “mess” but insisted Labour would still set out plans for a “fairer funding system.”
His comments came after Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer caused outrage among teaching and student unions after confirming he would “move on” from his commitment to abolish tuition fees.
The SNP branded it Labour’s “Nick Clegg moment” in reference to 2012 when the former Liberal Democrat deputy prime minister was forced to apologise for breaking his pre-election commitment to oppose increasing student tuition fees.
But Mr Streeting repeatedly refused to apologise for Sir Keir’s “false pledge” when quizzed on Sky’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday.
He said: “Well, no. I think people know that in terms of what Sir Keir stood to be leader of the Labour Party on, the platform he stood on, making Labour electable again, getting us back to power so we can do things, Labour members absolutely support Keir Starmer in that.”
