22 August 2023, 06:00
Sir Keir Starmer has said he would not be able to study law if he were growing up under the current Conservative government.
The Labour leader, 60, came from a working-class background and said his family didn’t have “any spare money knocking around” to fund his university studies.
Sir Keir studied law at the University of Leeds in the 1980s, supporting himself by working and with grants.
“I vividly remember carefully calculating rent, bills and food,” he said. “Going to Leeds to study was a turning point for me; it will be a deep betrayal if one the legacies of this Tory government is University, apprenticeships and skills becoming the preserve of the wealthy.”
Sir Keir said that he doubted he would have been able to study if he were finishing school now, given the …