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8/17/2017: Front page: University fees a ‘Ponzi scheme’ UNIVERSITY tuition fees are a “pointless Ponzi scheme” that are “blighting young people’s futures” and must be radically reformed, Theresa May’s former chief of staff says today. Nick Timothy writes in The Daily Telegraph that the “university gravy... 8/17/2017: Front page: Big Ben reprieve as officials order rethink PARLIAMENTARY authorities last night performed a dramatic about-turn over the decision to silence Big Ben for four years following an intervention from the Prime Minister. Officials announced that the plan to stop Big Ben ringing until 2021 was now... 8/17/2017: Front page: Corbyn forces MP to quit over sex gang claim JEREMY CORBYN last night forced one of his senior shadow ministers to resign after she claimed that some Pakistani men groomed and raped young white girls. Sarah Champion, the Labour MP for Rotherham and former shadow secretary for women and... 8/17/2017: Front page: One in five unemployed is a migrant One in five unemployed people in the UK is a migrant, official figures have revealed for the first time. The Office for National Statistics figures show that 317,000 migrants are unemployed, including 98,000 who were born in the EU and 219,000 born...

PROFILE: Established in 1855 and currently owned by David and Frederick Barclay, the Daily Telegraph adopts a traditionalist, centre-right political orientation. The best-selling quality press title, it consistently backs the Conservative Party in UK elections (hence the nickname Torygraph). The website was launched, under the name electronic telegraph at midday on 15 November 1994, making it Europe's first daily web-based newspaper. Profile extracted from Wikipedia and used under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

Circulation: 639,578 (April 2011)   Political Outlook: Centre-Right, Pro-Conservative   See our UK Newspaper Guide.