Key to this criticism was the Labour policy of making students pay tuition fees but which became merely the subject of an inquiry as the coalition was formed .
Tuition fees the Liberal Democrats had promised to abolish as their price of entering a coalition .
Key to this criticism was the Labour policy of making students pay tuition fees , which the Liberal Democrats had promised to abolish as their price of entering a coalition , but which became merely the subject of an inquiry as the coalition was formed .