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"Cuts don't need to happen this quickly"

The Scottish Labour party begins its conference today in Oban.

It comes at in interesting time for higher education in Scotland.

When Labour ran Scotland with the Lib Dems, they kept tuition fees away from universities there.

But is that still tenable?

Labour's leader in the Scottish parliament, Iain Gray, outlines how the party will approach the dilemma.


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