Edited sentence: The Lobbying bill has been criticised as Stalinist and is seen as a move by the Liberal Democrat party to prevent the NUS and other student groups from targeting them at the 2015 election following the Lib Dems breaking their 2010 election pledge to block increases in tuition fees.The National Council of Voluntary Organisations strongly opposed the bill, a large number of charities and other campaigning groups joined in opposition to the bill including Action for Blind People, Action for Children, British Heart Foundation, Campaign to Protect Rural England, Countryside Alliance, Guide Dogs, Islamic Relief UK, Hope not Hate, National Federation of Women’s Institutes, The Royal British Legion, RSPB and the Salvation Army