London, United Kingdom (AHN) – By a vote of 323 to 301, the British Parliament on Thursday approved tuition fee hikes by an average of $9,440.00 per year and tripled the upper limit to $14,159.00 per year in “exceptional” circumstances even with students protesting outside.
The sluggish economy made the tuition fee hikes even more unpopular and drew protesting students from around the country.
However, politicians successfully argued that the hikes were fair and necessary to maintain the quality of the universities. Opposing MPs had argued that if the government merely instituted the same level of cuts to university funding that it would have only resulted in raising tuition and fees by a more modest $6,301.00 per year.
Clashes between police and students resulted in injuries to six police officers, according to Scotland Yard. In addition, at more than a dozen protestors have been injured and at least six people have been hospitalized.
Mounted police were used to control crowds of people waiting outside Parliament. Protestors forced their way into Parliament Square and up to police lines where they threw missiles, flares, used sticks, and paint balls, according to police.
Even Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of York, were not immune from the wrath of protesting students. Prince Charles’ car was attacked by demonstrators who broke a car window and hit the car with paint balls. However, neither the heir to the throne nor his wife was apparently hurt.
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