Gary Gibbon
Gove to spell out EMA replacement plans
Our Political Editor Gary Gibbon reports on the deal thrashed out between the Conservatives and the Lib Dems on a replacement for the Educational Maintenance Allowance.
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FactCheck: David Cameron’s broken promises
What David Cameron said would happen before the last election – and what really happened.
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FactCheck: Could Ken save the EMA in London?
Can Ken Livingstone bring back the EMA? FactCheck gets out its red pen.
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FactCheck: Did Ministers ‘misinterpret’ research to justify scrapping the EMA?
It caused teenage riots when it was axed. Does the Government’s justification for scrapping the Education Maintenance Allowance pass the FactCheck test?
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FactCheck: Bad marks for Gove on EMA
The claim “£180m will be available for this bursary fund – enough to ensure that every child eligible for free school meals who chooses to stay on could be paid £800 per year – more than many receive under the current EMA arrangements”. Michael Gove MP, Education Secretary, announcing the replacement EMA scheme in the House of Commons, March 28, 2011
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
Michael Gove’s Freudian slip?
Interesting slip by Michael Gove in the Commons on tactical voting. Interesting because it was a slip, blogs Gary Gibbon.
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FactCheck: What will replace the EMA?
The claim “We are not abolishing EMAs – we are replacing EMAs with something more effective.” David Cameron MP, Prime Minister’s Questions, December 15 2010
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Faisal Islam
EMA costs ‘more than recouped’ says IFS
Initially I have to confess that I had presumed that the Educational Maintenance Allowance must be a £30 a week bribe likely to be used to download X factor music for near-feral youths. Probably to play through loudspeakers and annoy me on my local bus.
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Faisal Islam
Scrap the EMA and give the winter fuel allowance to someone on a cruise: welcome to the gerontocracy
As students continue to protest against cuts to education spending, Faisal Islam asks whether all over-60s need the Winter Fuel Allowance.