Robert Pigott reported for the BBC TV One O Clock and Breakfast news from a Sutton Trust summer school on the fees report.

An education charity has warned that changes to university funding in England could leave students with debts lasting well into middle age and deter poorer school-leavers from applying to university.

A study group set up by The Sutton Trust said almost half the money the Treasury lent to students would never be repaid.

The commission contends that linking tuition fees to inflation could see them rise to £10,000 a year by 2020.

Watch his report here