Student fees: Liberal Democrat MPs braced for 'doorstep' protests

[Joanne98]

Source: Guardian

Security at constituency offices stepped up ahead of marches, sit-ins and walkouts planned for Wednesday over proposed rises

Liberal Democrat MPs have been warned that their constituency offices may be occupied on Wednesday, as anger over the proposed increase in university fees threatens to spread across the country.

Police have advised Lib Dem officials that student campaigners were planning to target offices as part of a day of protest. Two Lib Dem constituency offices were occupied on Friday - John Hemming's in Birmingham Yardley and Jenny Willott's in Cardiff Central.

More than 20,000 school, college and university students have signed up to a Facebook site organising a co-ordinated "walkout" from classes at 11am on Wednesday.



Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/nov/22/liberal-democrat-mps-student-protests