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SELECT COMMITTEE REPORT SLAMS GOVT “RUSHED” DECISION ON EMA

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

The Education Select Committee’s report out today (covered by BBC here) responding to the Government’s abolition of Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) has poured criticism on the Government’s “rushed” actions in ending the scheme and also rubbished the argument’s put forward by the government for scrapping the scheme. It goes further recommending that instead of abolishing [...]

EMA REPLACEMENT COULD BREACH EQUALITY LAW ACCORDING TO GOVERNMENT’S OWN REPORT

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

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According to the Government’s own Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) into the EMA Replacement Scheme by the Department for Education, the Save EMA campaign has discovered that Michael Gove has u-turned yet again on this policy due to legal action, this time posed by the Equality Act. One of the main argument made by the Government [...]

OECD CALLS ON GOVE TO SAVE EMA

Friday, April 8, 2011

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International criticism on the government’s plans to scrap the education maintenance allowance (EMA), has been levied at the government by the one of the most influential international economic institutions. According to a report published yesterday called “Going for Growth”, the influential OECD calls on the UK government to reinstate EMA as part of a range [...]

SAVE EMA GET 2 U-TURNS IN A WEEK

Friday, April 1, 2011

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On Tuesday the Save EMA campaign managed to get the Government to U-turn on EMA and now last night it seems we have got The Mayor of London to change his tune too. In Last night’s episode of BBC Question Time, Mayor of London, Boris Johnson said on EMA: “I am concerned it will have [...]

The Government’s Replacement for EMA Will Not Work

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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This week Michael Gove announced the Government’s plans to replace the £550 million education maintenance allowance (EMA) with a £180m bursary scheme. There was a small victory for the Save EMA campaign this week as the government listened to our ‘A Deal’s A Deal’ campaign, which threatened a legal challenge, unless the government provided support [...]