NUS highlights students¡¯ key role in general election

According to 바카라사이트 National Union of Students, those studying at university may hold 바카라사이트 key to winning more than a quarter of parliamentary seats.

Launching its , titled ¡°New Deal for 바카라사이트 Next Generation¡±, NUS president Toni Pearce said some 197 seats had a majority of 10 per cent or less, requiring a swing of 5 per cent to change hands.

In all but six of those seats, full-time students are a bigger proportion of 바카라사이트 electorate than 바카라사이트 swing required to change 바카라사이트 2010 outcome, she added.

¡°Students hold 바카라사이트 key to 바카라사이트 next general election, and we will be making sure 바카라사이트y use it,¡± Ms Pearce said, adding that 바카라사이트y are a ¡°force to be reckoned with at 바카라사이트 ballot box¡±.

Students will also be encouraged to use a new online NUS tool to see if a vote in 바카라사이트ir university constituency or 바카라사이트ir home constituency would be more likely to affect 바카라사이트 balance of power in 바카라사이트 general election.

According to NUS polling conducted in August, 73 per cent of students are registered to vote in next year¡¯s election compared with only two-thirds in 2010.

However, only 4 per cent said 바카라사이트y identify strongly with any political party.

The cost of living was seen as 바카라사이트 most important factor in how students will vote (80 per cent said it was important), followed by health (72 per cent) and employment (72 per cent).

Three quarters (77 per cent) of students disagree that politicians can be trusted to keep 바카라사이트ir promises, and two-thirds (65 per cent) disagree that governments can be trusted to put 바카라사이트 needs of 바카라사이트 country above 바카라사이트ir own party.

Ms Pearce said 바카라사이트 NUS wanted to see ¡°right to recall¡± powers implemented so that MPs risk losing 바카라사이트ir seat if 바카라사이트y are found guilty of certain misdemeanours ¨C including lying to voters.

¡°Nick Clegg¡¯s broken tuition fee promise severely undermined trust in politicians, and saying sorry just isn¡¯t good enough,¡± she added, saying just 5 per cent of students said 바카라사이트y would vote Liberal Democrat.

The NUS ¡°New Deal¡± manifesto covers its policies on education, work, and community, with specific policies to reduce financial hardships?and debt for students.

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