Many of the student protesters have voiced particular concern over the proposed cut of Educational Maintenance Allowance - a payment to low-income 16-19 year olds if they stay in education after their GCSEs.
Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee and Tom Burkard, of the Centre of Policy Studies, discuss the politics of university funding.
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