Nick Clegg tuition fee apology opinion polling
How has Nick Clegg’s apology over tuition fees gone down with the public? New polling data from Survation tells us the immediate reaction. … Read the full post »
The decision to increase tuition fees was one of the most controversial decisions Nick Clegg made during the 2010-15 Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition government. Read more about the issue of university tuition fees before, during and after this Parliament in my posts on the topic.
How has Nick Clegg’s apology over tuition fees gone down with the public? New polling data from Survation tells us the immediate reaction. … Read the full post »
Political, journalistic, public and party views span the full range from “brilliant” to “dreadful” on Nick Clegg’s apology this week over the tuition fees pledge. … Read the full post »
The Independent has a good round-up of what various Liberal Democrats are saying in response to that apology from Nick Clegg over tuition fees. … Read the full post »
This apology is a major change of tack from the approach taken previously by Nick Clegg over tuition fees. … Read the full post »
Robert Hazell and Ben Yong’s work, The Politics of Coalition: How the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Government Works, is a very readable volume. … Read the full post »
For Richard Reeves, the worst moment of two years at the heart of the Coalition came when he saw two teenage girls in the street near his Kent home, one playing a flute, the other a violin. … Read the full post »
News from the IFS confirms what others, including Money Saving Expert’s Martin Lewis and of course Nick Clegg, have previously argued about tuition fees. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #16 covers the latest disputes over tax between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives. … Read the full post »
The proportion of English school leavers applying for university places this year is higher than it ever was under Labour. … Read the full post »
Oddly, those who are most vocal about what impact tuition fees may have on student applications also seem to be the least interested in the evidence as to what the impact has actually been. … Read the full post »