SNP ministers have announced that EU students will continue getting free university tuition in Scotland until at least 2024 even if Brexit removes the legal obligation to give them the taxpayer-funded perk.
Until now, EU laws have meant the Scottish Government has had to extend its free tuition policy for Scots to students from the Continent at a cost of around £93 million a year.
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