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If you look at opinion polls, you will see there is a lot of cynicism about politicians

that they promise things and then don't deliver. So when is a pledge,

not a pledge? This is Kirste Stama when he was running to be Labour leader.

Tuition fees then, will you remain committed to scrapping them in your first term?

They're all pledges, Andrew. So the answer to these questions is yes.

So university tuition fees being scrapped will be in a Starmer manifesto. Yes. And this is what he said this morning to our colleagues on the Today program. I think we are going to set out a fairer

solution. And Justin, so... But it won't be the abandoning of tuition fees, will it?

Well, we are likely to move on from that commitment

because we do find ourselves in a different financial situation.

But I don't want that to be read as us accepting for a moment

that the current system is fair.

Moving on, obviously, is very, very different to changing your mind or rowing back

or doing a U-turn. Moving on suggests that you've thought about that. You've transcended it to

something better. And this is Kirstama. Two days before England goes to the polls, a lot of

England goes the polls in the local elections, saying that thing I promised about tuition fees,

well, maybe not.

So moving on, welcome to the newsagents.

The Newsagents.

It's John.

It's Emily.

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