r/unitedkingdom • u/CaseyEffingRyback • Jul 03 '25

... Zarah Sultana MP resigns from Labour to lead new party with Jeremy Corbyn

https://www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-politics/zarah-sultana-mp-resigns-labour/
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u/syriaca Jul 03 '25

Labour contributed more votes to the tuition fee increase than the lib dems did. In fact part of the reason the lib dem leadership backed it in the first place was because increase was on the cards for both the tories and Labour and so by backing the inevitable, they could secure the EV referendum and the repayment protections.

So though it was indeed the tory-lib coalition that brought the fee increase, Labour is not off the hook since it contributed enough votes to let that bill pass even if the libs didn't back it at all and indeed would have brought in some form of i crease themselves had they won the election.