The Thatcher government has repeatedly cut educational expenditures, and its recent move to turn student "grants" into "loans" drew howls of protest.
佘契爾夫人上台之後，連年刪減教育經費及學生的預算，主張「教育反映成本」，最近更醞釀將本國學生的「助學金」（grant）改為「貸款」（loan），惹得「學生聯合會」群情激憤，到處陳情抗議。