The Liberal Democrats claimed that the plans had not been discussed with the Deputy Prime Minister and were subsequently heavily criticised by some teachers, trade unions and Labour Party MPs; they had been discussed with the Prime Minister at Cabinet level, and a subsequent YouGov/Sunday Times poll suggested that the public supported this policy by a margin of 50% to 32%.
自由民主党人声称，这些计划没有与副首相尼克·克莱格讨论，后来被一些教师、工会和工党议员严重批评；他们已经与首相举行内阁级讨论，随后的YouGov网站星期日时间的民意调查显示，公众对这一政策的支持率50％至32％之间。