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| Stop sounding off, Justine Greening tells Tories | Stop sounding off, Justine Greening tells Tories |
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| "Soundings off" against Prime Minister Theresa May have to stop, former cabinet minister Justine Greening has told her Tory colleagues. | "Soundings off" against Prime Minister Theresa May have to stop, former cabinet minister Justine Greening has told her Tory colleagues. |
| Ms Greening, who lost her job as education secretary in the reshuffle, said the PM needed support for "challenging" Brexit talks. | Ms Greening, who lost her job as education secretary in the reshuffle, said the PM needed support for "challenging" Brexit talks. |
| She also said university maintenance grants, replaced with loans by the Tory government, should be restored. | She also said university maintenance grants, replaced with loans by the Tory government, should be restored. |
| And she called for a re-think over student loan interest rates. | And she called for a re-think over student loan interest rates. |
| Ms Greening's first interview since she lost her job came amid backbench criticism of Theresa May about Brexit and policy direction. | Ms Greening's first interview since she lost her job came amid backbench criticism of Theresa May about Brexit and policy direction. |
| Over the weekend one Tory MP tweeted: "We need to get a grip and lead" while another urged "less policy making by tortoise". | Over the weekend one Tory MP tweeted: "We need to get a grip and lead" while another urged "less policy making by tortoise". |
| There has also been criticism from Conservative Eurosceptics that the UK will stay in the EU "in all but name" after Brexit in March 2019. | There has also been criticism from Conservative Eurosceptics that the UK will stay in the EU "in all but name" after Brexit in March 2019. |
| Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Ms Greening said she rejected the "tortoise" accusation and that she remained a "firm supporter" of Mrs May. | Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Ms Greening said she rejected the "tortoise" accusation and that she remained a "firm supporter" of Mrs May. |
| "The soundings off have to stop," she said. | "The soundings off have to stop," she said. |
| During the reshuffle earlier this month, Mrs May had wanted to move Mrs Greening to the Department for Work and Pensions, but she refused and quit the government instead. | |
| She has since been accused by the PM's former adviser Nick Timothy of blocking moves to reduce tuition fees. | She has since been accused by the PM's former adviser Nick Timothy of blocking moves to reduce tuition fees. |
| Asked about this, Ms Greening said she had opposed a review into cutting the maximum level of fees that can be charged, suggesting this would have kicked the issue "into the long grass". | Asked about this, Ms Greening said she had opposed a review into cutting the maximum level of fees that can be charged, suggesting this would have kicked the issue "into the long grass". |
| And she said it was "wrong" that poorer students were the main losers from the scrapping of maintenance grants. | And she said it was "wrong" that poorer students were the main losers from the scrapping of maintenance grants. |
| The £3,387 grants towards living costs were available to students from families with annual incomes of £25,000. | The £3,387 grants towards living costs were available to students from families with annual incomes of £25,000. |