Unaware of voters’ preferences: the Liberal Democrats’ notorious U-turn on tuition fees

Butler, Christopher (2020) Unaware of voters’ preferences: the Liberal Democrats’ notorious U-turn on tuition fees. British Politics and Policy at LSE (17 Aug 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

The Liberal Democrats’ policy priorities in government owed more to the preferences of elite decision-makers than to those of the party’s supporters, writes Christopher Butler, a fact that explains why the party broke their pledge to oppose increasing student tuition fees.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General)
Date Deposited:	08 Sep 2020 14:51
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 02:28
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/106417

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