<P> Tuition is paid for by general taxation in Germany, although only 27% of young people gain higher education qualification there, whereas in the UK the comparable figure is 48% . Fully or partly funding universities from general taxation has been criticised by the Liberal Democrat party as a' tax cut for the rich and a tax rise for the poor' because people would be taxed to pay for something that many would not derive a benefit from, while graduates generally earn more due to their qualifications and only have to pay them back . </P> <P> Jeremy Corbyn, current Labour leader, has stated that he would remove tuition fees and instead fund higher education by increasing National Insurance and Corporation Tax . In the long term this would cost the government about £ 8 billion a year . </P> <P> In July 2017 Lord Adonis, former Number 10 Policy Unit staffer and education minister largely responsible for introducing tuition fees, said that the system had become a "Frankenstein's monster" putting many students over £ 50,000 in debt . He argued the system should either be scrapped or fees reverted to between £ 1,000 and £ 3,000 per the initial scheme . </P> <P> During the 2015 Labour leadership election, Andy Burnham said that he would introduce a graduate tax to replace fees . He was ultimately unsuccessful in his bid for leadership . A graduate tax has been criticised because there would be no way to recover the money from students who move to a different country, or foreign students who return home . </P>

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