Writing for the BBC, Hannah Richardson reports on the Sutton Trust’s Independent Commission on Fees report into student debt.

Poorer students in England may be put off university by funding changes that could leave them with higher debts than middle-class graduates helped by their parents, a report says.

The Sutton Trust’s commission on fees looked at Budget changes such as replacing means-tested grants with loans and tying fees to inflation.

It also calls for a full investigation of the student finance system.

Ministers say students will have more cash for living costs under the plan.

The trust – which advocates social mobility through education – set up the Independent Commission on Fees in 2012 to monitor the effect of higher tuition fees.

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