Unions call on minister to come clean over 100,000 lost college places

Staff and students lobby MPs as government predicts 100,000 fewer college students under controversial loans plan

Campaigners have today (Friday) written to the further education minister, John Hayes, asking for urgent clarification on whether controversial plans to force students over the age of 24 to take out loans to study at college will result in over 100,000 fewer places.

According to the government