"Following yesterday's Budget announcement, the next time I go to the barber in Slade Road I will ask for my hair not to be cut but to be 'simplified', " he told MPs.

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And I'm glad it is because universities have waited a long time for clarity about where we should go and I hope that people will generally welcome the report when I announce it later this week.

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