Sentences with phrase «fees vote in parliament»

Nick Clegg is seen as the least trustworthy party leader (34 %) although this is a significant improvement from the 25 % he rated in December 2010 following the tuition fees vote in Parliament.

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In November 2009, the NUS persuaded 400 Liberal Democrat candidates, including Clegg, to sign a pledge to vote against any increase in fees in the next parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternativIn November 2009, the NUS persuaded 400 Liberal Democrat candidates, including Clegg, to sign a pledge to vote against any increase in fees in the next parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternativin fees in the next parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternativin the next parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternative.

Senior figures, including Mr Clegg and Danny Alexander, wanted to drop the policy of scrapping tuition fees but the party's campaign department ordered every candidate to sign the NUS pledge to «vote against any increase in fees in the next parliament».

One experienced officer claimed the violence seen outside parliament as MPs voted to back the tuition fees hike was worse than that seen in the Poll Tax riots, Sir Paul claimed.

The Coalition government's proposed reforms to tuition fees announced in November 2010 provoked huge controversy, not least because many Liberal Democrats, including Nick Clegg, Vince Cable and Sir Menzies Campbell, had signed the NUS «Vote for Students» pledge «to vote against any increase in fees in the next Parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternative&raqVote for Students» pledge «to vote against any increase in fees in the next Parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternative&raqvote against any increase in fees in the next Parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternative».

With tensions running high after the passage of the tuition fees vote, some protestors vented their frustration after being «kettled» by police in Parliament Square.

By the time of the tuition fee vote, a sad little protest of a few hundred people sat on one side of parliament, while tens of thousands campaigned in Parliameparliament, while tens of thousands campaigned in ParliamentParliament Square.