And last week, the House approved legislation to help poor college students.

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The Milburn review proposes loans for poor students to help them work for free, signalling to businesses that they need not worry too much about pay, minimum or otherwise.

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Labour says that the old system transferred money from poor taxpayers to rich students, and that the imposition of student fees will help to pay for a bigger university system.

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