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Save EMA Get Ken To Commit to Reinstate EMA in London

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Today Ken Livingstone, the Labour candidate for London mayor, has pledged to reinstate the education maintenance allowance in the capital if he is elected in May. Mr Livingstone has been a long standing supporter of the Save EMA campaign, personally endorsing the campaign over a year ago (as seen below): Students in sixth forms or further education colleges [...]

PROOF AXING EMA HAS INCREASED NUMBER OF NEETS

Thursday, February 23, 2012

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Today’s worrying figures are further proof that how catastrophic a mistake it was by the government to scrap the educational maintenance allowance (EMA). The increase in the Q4 figures for those not in employment,education or training (NEET) is in stark contrast to the steady decline that had been underway since the introduction of the EMA. [...]

TEENAGERS NEED EMA NOT JSA TO GET INTO THE WORKPLACE

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

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The Save EMA campaign in responding to the government’s new plans to allow firms and charities to bid for a payment-by-results scheme to try to get “Neet” teenagers into work or training, has pointed out that this money is similar to the amount that should have been spent on EMA. The government’s plan on 16 [...]

Ed Miliband to consider restoring EMA as a future election pledge

Thursday, December 15, 2011

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Speaking to the Guardian newspaper about LSE research into the causes of last summer’s riots, in which they say the removal of EMA was an issue, the Labour leader hinted that he is considering restoring EMA at the next election. See below for more info: Of course Save EMA would just like him to say [...]

TEENAGERS CALL FOR EMA TO BE RESTORED ON GCSE RESULTS DAY

Thursday, August 25, 2011

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The Government risk making today’s GCSE winners next years NEETs by scrapping EMA. On the day hundreds of thousands of the poorest teenagers receive their GCSE’s results they will also be uncertain of their future now the scheme has been scrapped. As 90% of pupils on Free School Meals go on to receive EMA, the [...]