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- Government
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- United Kingdom
Education maintenance allowance will be scrapped to fund the compulsory education to under-19s.
The government plans to scrap the scheme in England, which is aimed at encouraging poorer pupils to stay in education, from September next year. Supporters of the EMA, which is worth up to £30 a week, say it stops thousands of students dropping out. This cut will hit some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in our society.
However, ministers say it is an inefficient scheme.
Chancellor George Osborne announced plans to axe the scheme in the spending review, saying it had very high "dead weight costs".
There are no plans to cut the similar schemes that operate in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
We, the undersigned, call on the government to stop the scrapping of the EMA and other education funds.
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