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Blair searches for support for Parliament vote on university tuition

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From: AP Worldstream
Date: 20040127
Author:ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer

ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
01-27-2004
Dateline: LONDON
Prime Minister Tony Blair struggled to counter a revolt within his own Labour Party Tuesday, trying to round up enough votes to win a House of Commons vote on his bill raising university tuition charges.

"To be absolutely honest, the government will get defeated unless some more people come over and commit themselves to supporting a Labour government," Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott told British Broadcasting Corp. radio Tuesday morning.

The bill, topping Blair's legislative agenda, has crystallized party ...

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