Save EMA » education demonstrations

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

Monday, March 28, 2011

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. This is a BIG victory for our [...]

LONDON CALLING: PROTEST AT LONDON CONSERVATIVE CONFERENCE

Thursday, February 24, 2011

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Students, trade unionists, local councillors and residents are uniting for a day of action this Saturday (26 February) to protests at the cuts facing London by the Conservative led government at their secret London Conference. EVENT TIME/DATES: Saturday 26 February 9.30am-2pm LOCATION: Hammersmith Town Hall The Secret London Conservative Conference is planned to launch Boris Johnson’s [...]

Save EMA Speaking at Progressive London Conference on Saturday…

Monday, February 14, 2011

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Leading London figures unite over cuts to the capital! The central issue facing London politics at present is the huge scale of the cuts that are being imposed by the government on our services and quality of life. ‘London Against the Cuts’ will be a key discussion at the Progressive London conference on 19 February at Congress [...]

Almost half of public want to Save EMA

Thursday, February 10, 2011

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According to a poll conducted by Yougov out today, almost half of the British public oppose the abolition of the Education Maintenance Allowances (EMA) and would prefer to keep the current scheme and not replace it as the government plans. This will come as a blow for the coalition and many coalition backbench MPs, as [...]

Caroline Lucas MP & Green Party Back Save EMA

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

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Leader of the Green party Caroline Lucas MP has today endorsed the Save EMA campaign and expressed why she believes the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) is so important. She added: “I and the Green party as a whole fully support the Save EMA campaign and I urge you to support them”.