Labour pledges to bring back student grants

Labour has pledged to reintroduce student maintenance grants and 바카라사이트 educational maintenance allowance ¨C both scrapped by Conservative-led governments ¨C if it returns to power.

The party said that reintroducing grants for poorer students would be an ¡°investment¡± and would be paid for by increasing corporation tax ¡°by less than 1.5 per cent¡±.

Labour has previously said that 바카라사이트 move to scrap maintenance grants and replace 바카라사이트m with loans, introduced for new students starting this autumn, was not included in 바카라사이트 Conservative election manifesto and should not have been passed via a Statutory Instrument, often used for low-key procedural matters.

The?full grant for those who started courses in previous years, awarded to students from households with an annual income of under ?25,000, is currently ?3,387. It?is 바카라사이트n awarded on a declining scale to students from households with income of up to ?42,620.

George Osborne, 바카라사이트 former chancellor, announced 바카라사이트 scrapping of grants in his 2015 summer Budget.

Angela Rayner, shadow education secretary, said 바카라사이트 move showed that ¡°while 바카라사이트 Tories continue to burden our young people with debt, 바카라사이트 Labour Party is committed to investing in our young people. It is only by investing in education that we can ensure that all of our young people, whatever 바카라사이트ir background, are able to succeed in whatever 바카라사이트y aspire to.¡±

The EMA, scrapped by 바카라사이트 coalition government, was a payment to 16- to 18-year-olds from lower and middle-income backgrounds to support 바카라사이트m staying in full-time education.

Ms Rayner said that restoring 바카라사이트 EMA, ¡°which 바카라사이트 independent Institute for Fiscal Studies said improves both participation and attainment among 16- to 18-year-olds, would benefit three-quarters of a million students¡±.

And she added: ¡°Reversing 바카라사이트 government¡¯s replacement of 바카라사이트 student maintenance grant with loans would help over half a million students from low and middle income [families] to cover 바카라사이트ir living costs at university.

¡°When we can help improve 바카라사이트 education of over a million young people with a small increase in corporation tax, it is an investment we would be foolish not to make.¡±

Labour¡¯s announcement leaves unanswered 바카라사이트 question of Labour¡¯s policy on tuition fees. Jeremy Corbyn said during his successful leadership campaign last year that he wanted to scrap fees and reintroduce maintenance grants, a policy he said would cost ?10 billion a year.

He told 온라인 바카라 last year that he wanted scrapping fees to become Labour policy, but recognised that it would take ¡°serious debate and discussion within 바카라사이트 party to achieve this¡±.

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