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NUS targets Lib Dem MPs with ‘payback’ campaign

STUDENTS have vowed today to make the general election “payback time” for Lib Dem MPs who broke their pledge to vote against higher tuition fees.

The National Union of Students (NUS) has launched an eye-catching advertising campaign calling on seven million students to punish the pledge breakers on May 7.

Deputy PM Nick Clegg is among the 31 Lib Dems being targeted.

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