The appointment represents a personal political risk for Hughes as he is likely to be lambasted by Labour as the most useful of useful idiots for taking up an appointment to sell such an unpopular policy that he had found impossible to support.
Labour sources said that it is a Conservative-led government that has trebled fees, propped up and supported by Lib Dem MPs and that no amount of window dressing can change the fact that these Tory policies will damage the least advantaged students and young people.
Labour claims Cameron is also developing a habit of hinting at policy U-turns, such as over school sports funding or Bookstart, but failing to come up with any specifics.
In his letter of appointment the prime minister told Hughes: In the heat of the recent debate some of the elements of the package have been obscured and there is a material risk that young people particularly those from disadvantaged groups may be deterred from applying to university as a result of being misled about those financial impacts of the package.
Cameron said this risk applied especially to those aged 15-16 who will make decisions in the coming months on whether or not to stay on for A-levels.
For them to be deterred from entering university as a result of misinformation would be a tragedy for them.
Coalition sources claimed Hughes has the political credentials to communicate government policy and reassure poorer students that the rise in tuition fees should not deter them from applying to elite universities
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