https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y57ye1jeqo

Melissa Marley, 32, has spent the last two years studying at the University of Huddersfield to become a midwife but has quit her course after amassing debt of £60,000 and said there was "no hope for jobs at the end of it".

The mother-of-three would like the chancellor to put more money into the NHS because it is "on its knees" and added "people abroad would kill for a system like that, so it needs protecting".

Originally from Wakefield, she went back into education in 2021 to provide a better life for her children.

She began training as a nurse in 2022 before training as a midwife in 2023.

As well as £20,000 of tuition fees, she also owes about £40,000 in her maintenance grant accrued through her studies over the past few years.

She was originally going to defer due to health issues but decided to stop her course and is now hoping to become a maternity support worker.

This role supports midwives, rather than being a midwife herself.

Melissa said the lack of jobs in midwifery was "sad because there are so many people putting so much work in.

"They are working hard, having to miss times with their family, their children and then to have nothing at the end of it is sad".