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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/pm-in-bid-to-win-over-fees-critics.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="David Cameron says the rise in tuition fees will be 'fair' ahead of the crucial vote" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-pm-in-bid-to-win-over-fees-critics.jpg" alt="David Cameron says the rise in tuition fees will be 'fair' ahead of the crucial vote"/></a></p>
<p>David Cameron has made a last-ditch attempt to win over critics of the Government&#8217;s plans to treble university tuition fees as MPs and protesters geared up for a crunch vote on the issue.</p>
<p>The Prime Minister insisted the proposals are &#8220;sustainable, competitive and fair&#8221; as he acknowledged the &#8220;passion&#8221; of those opposing his plans.</p>
<p>Students and lecturers have already begun staging a fresh round of demonstrations and sit-ins ahead of Thursday&#8217;s crucial vote on controversial proposals to charge students fees of up to £9,000.</p>
<p>Union leaders accused Mr Cameron of failing to fully understand the impact his Government&#8217;s plans will have on universities and students.</p>
<p>As tension over the looming vote grew earlier, Mr Cameron and Labour leader Ed Miliband traded verbal blows in the Commons, and ministers announced new concessions aimed at heading off a major backbench rebellion.</p>
<p>In a speech in east London, Mr Cameron insisted that passion surrounding this issue was &#8220;drowning out some of the truth&#8221; about the package on offer.</p>
<p>He said the plans would widen access to university, create incentives to improve the quality of courses and leave the poorest graduates better off than under the existing system.</p>
<p>He rejected critics&#8217; claims that the Government was simply seeking to save money by removing state subsidies and heaping the burden of university funding on to students&#8217; shoulders, and claimed the proposed package of loans, grants and scholarships proposed by the Government will increase in value from £7 billion to £12 billion by 2015.</p>
<p>There were heated clashes during Prime Minister&#8217;s Questions as Mr Miliband accused the Prime Minister of being &#8220;out of touch with ordinary people&#8221; &#8211; highlighting his privileged education at Eton and Oxford.</p>
<p>Amid speculation that half of Liberal Democrat MPs could rebel, the Labour leader insisted the coalition was &#8220;in chaos&#8221;.</p>
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