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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 [...]

10 Leading Economist back Save EMA

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

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Save EMA has an open letter in the Guardian newspaper this morning calling on the Chancellor George Osborne to reverse his decision to scrap the EMA in his budget next week. It is signed by 10 of the leading economists in the UK. This is the letter in full: We, the undersigned economists, support the Save EMA campaign [...]

SAVE EMA & TRADE UNIONS LOOKING INTO TO POSSIBLE LEGAL CHALLENGE

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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Legal action could be launched on behalf of students who believe their two-year contracts for study has been breached by the government’s decision to axe the education maintenance allowance (EMA). The Save EMA campaign is receiving advice from trade union lawyers supported by Unison who are examining whether they can win payments for students who [...]

ED BALLS: IT’S A “TRAGIC TIME” FOR YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT TO SCRAP EMA

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

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On the day that youth unemployment figures have risen to a record high, prompting renewed concern that young people are bearing the brunt for the economic downturn. Ed Balls MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer has spoken exclusively to Save EMA to criticise the government’s lacklustre approach to youth unemployment by scrapping successful schemes such [...]

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 [...]