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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!

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 [...]

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 [...]