in his policies. Changes to pay, pensions, and workloads were also controversial. The NUT and NASUWT staged strikes on a regional basis in October 2013, although a national strike was averted. After talks failed, strike action affecting 10,000 schools took place in March 2014. Sarah Vine, Gove's wife, accused socialists of sending their family "vicious and aggressive" death threats due to Gove's education reforms, and said she had considered moving with their two children to Italy as a result of these threats. Before the coalition Government, in 2010, a YouGov poll of teachers' voting intentions found that 33% were Conservative and 32% were Labour; four years later, a poll found that only 16% were Conservative and 57% were Labour. See also Premiership of David Cameron References History of the Conservative Party (UK) Department for Education 2010s in the United Kingdom Tenures in political office by individual