Students win trade union support for tuition fees protest
GMB and Unite leaders support planned London march while police chief says demos mean officers are not fighting crime
Students protesting against increased tuition fees and cuts to education spending have won pledges of trade union support ahead of their next demonstration in London on 29 January.
The fourth national protest, organised by the National Campaign Against Cuts and Fees and the Education Activist Network, will be the first since the chaotic scenes in the centre of the capital on 9 December, the day