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If MPs who pass the budget don't need a degree, who does?

University graduate [Courtesy]

The High Court has annulled a section of the Elections Act 2012 which required those aspiring for election as MPs to have university degrees.

To quote former South African statesman Nelson Mandela: "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” 

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