SIR – With interest on national debt at £120m per day and that debt rising by £3bn per week, any Government would have to take corrective steps, and many Coalition Government proposals will do just that: merely stop the growth of debt! (Then to reduce it…) When I was a student, I’m sure I would have resented the former Labour Government’s introduction of tuition fees.

On the other hand, is it fair to expect others who haven’t benefited from a university education, to pay for today’s students through their taxes? The Coalition has determined those from poorer backgrounds won’t pay the first year’s fees and will get significantly more support while at university.

As for part-time students (many of them women), paying fees up front has been scrapped.

Many of the lowest earners will never reach the (raised) threshold to repay their loans.

A graduate tax is not the answer for various reasons, eg foreign EU students would be unlikely to be around to pay the tax and Britons working abroad could avoid paying.

Criticising the Lib Dems in coalition for dropping their opposition to tuition fees, in light of the true economic mess left by Labour, is to ignore reality.

Councillor John Hall (Lib Dem, Windhill and Wrose) Pennithorne Avenue