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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 [...]

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 [...]

Save EMA supports today’s strikes

Thursday, June 30, 2011

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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 [...]