Rejected petition Bring Back EMA (Education Maintenance Allowance)

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We believe that the scrapping of the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) was a grave error. EMA allowed students from some of the poorest families to access Further Education, and its abolition has had a hugely detrimental impact, hitting young women and Black students particularly hard.

We believe that the government should reinstate EMA, which would require only a modest investment to broaden access to education and benefit the economy as a whole.

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Date submitted 11 June 2013
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