MSE News: EMA replacement fund unveiled to help poorest school kids

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"The Government has announced a new bursary, which will give vulnerable students £1,200 a year to stay in education ..."
"The Government has announced a new bursary, which will give vulnerable students £1,200 a year to stay in education ..."
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Thanks for that info.
So..I have a son in his first year of 6th form currently getting £30 EMA ..he will get £20 for his last year which starts in September , that's right ?
My daughter who is in her last school year and is going to start 6th form in september wont..as she does not get free school meals ( I work) , is that right ?0 -
Which is what I announced on here several months ago, minus a few details, only to be told by some ignorant morons that there'd be no funding for those in need, and that it was unfair they were cutting EMA.
It's interesting as well to see that already some people are saying this is a concession. It's not, it was announced a long time before any of the protests. Some people are just blind...0 -
Sounds fair enough to me the money going to those who need it instead of being the dole until you are 18.Have my first business premises (+4th business) 01/11/2017
Quit day job to run 3 businesses 08/02/2017
Started third business 25/06/2016
Son born 13/09/2015
Started a second business 03/08/2013
Officially the owner of my own business since 13/01/20120 -
So at £30810 the kid gets £520 per annum, But at £31000 the kid gets nothing and the parent foots the bill. Guess whos going to ask the boss for a pay cut this week!0
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I just want to check, Extracting a peice from the article that this information is correct
EMA transition
Those who are part-way through their studies and are currently receiving the EMA will receive the following:- Students who applied in the 2009/10 academic year will get the same payments until the end of the 2011/12 year. This is £30 a week (£1,560 a year) if their household income was below £20,817. Students with household income between that figure and £25,521 get £20 a week. Between that and £30,810 it is £10 a week. Any more and you're ineligible.
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trust me these children in care do not need it they are well provided for under many other payment/entitlements at 16 i.e £28 pocket money+clothing allowance e t c give to children who really do need it0
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Hi there, in one foul swoop this ema was axed.
What shocks me is that the government is now aiming this at 'special' cases as it has to be seen as caring for our young ones, as we are all in this together.
I would like part of my taxes to be an incentive for kids to get A levels etc to ensure that when I get older I will be able to communicate and work with younger people not spend half my time training them to do things that foreign kids are taught in high school.
I just think there must be more people out there that have been duped enough to not care about this and who think they are middle class because they own a home, got a free ed and voted for the joys in blue:rotfl:. I Feel sorry for the students that wil be Tory stamped as special in order to get this even more closely gaurded, in effect securely means tested newly formed benefit. I'm suprised they don't ask the students in revert of this to go sign on with dwp to get it. Only kidding..The harder one works the luckier one gets!0 -
The above being a prime example of my earlier point.0
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I just want to check, Extracting a peice from the article that this information is correct
EMA transition
Those who are part-way through their studies and are currently receiving the EMA will receive the following:- Students who applied in the 2009/10 academic year will get the same payments until the end of the 2011/12 year. This is £30 a week (£1,560 a year) if their household income was below £20,817. Students with household income between that figure and £25,521 get £20 a week. Between that and £30,810 it is £10 a week. Any more and you're ineligible.
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The saying goes ' you reap what you sow'
With uni fees going up and the scrapping of the EMA at what point are we sowing.
I'm looking at my 16 year old son, who will start 6th form end of the year and then wants to go to uni, and asking myself how is he being helped?
Of course I will do all i can but a little help wouldn't go a miss!0
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