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Labour's Angela Rayner has said the Tories "aren't leading on this they are being led", as the government announces the third review of student fees in a year.

The shadow education secretary warned that new proposals to charge students different amounts for different courses would lead to "more chaos in the sector".

Her comments come as the government is set to announce a review tomorrow which could bring in lower fees for arts subjects, a cap on fees of £6,000 and shorter degree courses.

Ms Rayner said: "We have had three announcements of reviews in the last 12 months and eight years of the Conservatives that have damaged higher education and totally decimated our further education infrastructure."

A Labour government would scrap tuition fees and introduce a national education service free at the point of use from the cradle to the grave.

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Ms Rayner warned that "making fees different levels is actually going to cause more chaos in the sector".

On the BBC's Andrew Marr programme Ms Rayner said that the government "aren't leading on this they are being led".

She added: "Another review isn't going to solve the problem of the hike in interest rates which this Government has done and the tripling of tuition fees.

"Most students have said that the removal of maintenance grants is one of the biggest barriers to them at the moment and the Government has said nothing on that."

Responding to the suggestion that fees could vary according to the kind of courses she told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: "We are told that we need sciences and maths and therefore to make those degrees more expensive flies in the face of what our economy is going to need in the future."

Education Secretary Damian Hinds said he wanted to see a system which would consider a course's value for money to decide the level at which fees are set.

Mr Hinds, who was also on the BBC this morning, explained the reason for the review: "When the system was brought in it wasn't anticipated that so many universities, so many courses would have the same fee for their course.

"There hasn't been as much variety that has come into the system as we would have expected and wanted so I think it's right to ask questions about that and see what can be done to stimulate that diversity and variety."

He explained his reasoning on The Andrew Marr Show: "I don't think politicians are going to be setting the cost and the prices for different courses. All forms of education, all courses, all subjects have great value, have great worth.

"What we need to look at is the different aspects of pricing - the cost that it is to put on the course, the value that it is to the student and also the value to our society as a whole and to our economy for the future.

"There are some subjects, some areas both in higher education and technical education where we are going to need more of those coming forward in the future because of the changes, because of the new challenges in the world economy."