tom barton, bbc news.lled on the home office to issue a medical cannabis licence to a boy whose rare form of epilepsy improved after taking the drug. six—year—old alfie dingley, from kenilworth in warwickshire, suffers up to 30 violent seizures a day. his parents want to treat him with medical cannabis oil, which is illegal in the uk. let's speak to the mp crispin blunt who chairs the all—party parliamentary group on drug policy reform. thanks very much for being with us on bbc news. we saw earlier parents describing the situation that alfie is in, that the condition is issue me where, 6—7 children in the world suffer from this particular form me where, 6—7 children in the world sufferfrom this particularform of epilepsy. what is the stumbling block to doing anything about it?l licence is required from the home 0ffice, licence is required from the home office, who are in charge of drugs policy, and if they issue a license, asi policy, and if they issue a license, as i understand it, he can receive treatmen

tom barton, our tom barton, our political correspondent.es are going to be used to help people in rural areas get better access to mobile networks, broadband and wifi services. a deal between the government and the church of england aims to make it easier to put communication masts in spires and towers, as james waterhouse explains. a church spire can often be the highest point of a village and given that the church of england has more than 16,000 buildings of different kinds, government ministers are hoping these will give the perfect infrastructure to help more parts of the uk get better signal. they say this deal will make it better for vicars and bishops to get this technology installed, and there is cash to be made. the rental is typically between £5,000 and £10,000 which can be equivalent, or more, to a normal income for a church for a year. now, conservationists may not like the idea of a mobile phone mast being bolted onto their local church. however, the government argues in many cases, the technology can be hidden within the spire

tom barton reports. what's this worth?he question facing ministers as they try to address concerns over the cost of university, both to students and taxpayers. a review launching tomorrow to look at how degrees are funded and whether it's right that expensive science and engineering courses cost students the same as cheaper arts and humanities degrees. when the system was brought in, it wasn't anticipated that so many universities, so many courses, would all 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 is right to ask questions about that and see what can be done to stimulate that diversity and variety. the review comes as mps from the commons treasury committee say interest rates as high as 6.1% on student loans are questionable. with many undergraduate in england accumulating £5,000 in interest whilst still studying, and leaving university with average debts of £50,000. many are seeing today's announcement as a resp

with me now is our political correspondent tom barton.shift in government policy? this review is just getting started and nothing is decided except that the government has indicated that it is committed to that principle of graduates contributing towards the cost of university courses. and so really this is not a big shift in government policy but there are some issues which need to be dealt with, not least the fact that the £9,000 limit for courses is applied almost across the board, almost regardless of the university and almost regardless of the course and yet some courses cost a lot more to deliver than others. science are more expensive for universities than for example arts and humanities and damian hinds isjoining the andrew masur ina damian hinds isjoining the andrew masur in a few minutes, suggest an interview today that this review will consider extra government subsidies for those most expensive courses which of course could make it possible, although not mandatory for universities to reduce fees for either this expensive cours

tom barton is with me in the sheedy. are we looking at a shift in government policy?ly getting started. it will be carried out by an independent panel, wide ranging brief. we knew no the government remains committed to the principle of graduates paying one way or the other for the university education that they have received. one of the issues that the panel is going to look at is the fact that most universities charge £9,000 across the board for whatever course across the board for whatever course a student takes, whether it is an expensive to deliver science or engineering course for a much cheaper arts or humanities course. and that is something the education secretary damian hinds told andrew marr in the last little while that he wants the panel to take a close look at. when the system was brought in, it was not in the survey did that so many courses would all have the same fee for the same course. there has not been as much protein that is coming to the system as we would have expected and wanted. i think it is right to ask questions about that and see what can b

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