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Save EMA supports today’s strikes

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Remember when… teenagers on EMA, teachers, civil servants, social workers, care assistants, bin men, education officers, school support staff, librarians, social workers, nurses, doctors, lollipop ladies, and disabled people crashed the stock market, wiped out banks, took billions in bonuses and paid no tax? No, we cant either… That’s why Save EMA supports the strikes!

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 [...]

We’ve won a battle in the war to Save EMA

Monday, March 28, 2011

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Today Save EMA has won our A Deals A Deal campaign and forced the Government to pay EMA to those who are currently recieving £30 a week in EMA next year. You can see James Mills from Save EMA respond straight after the decision below to the BBC. However, although we have won this battle, [...]