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Education
Poverty, not lack of morals, was to blame for the riots
25 October 2011

Evidence published by the Ministry of Justice discredits Gove's view on the causes of the riots.

Education
The abolition of EMA played more of a role in the riots than its creation
30 August 2011

EMA helped the poorest working class pupils to struggle on in education and avoid dropping out.

UK Politics
Gove’s EMA replacement will not work
30 March 2011

The Education Secretary’s “bursary scheme” is inadequate and ineffective.

UK Politics
Short-changing the kids
26 March 2011

This Budget put profit before young people.

UK Politics
Jan Moir’s myths about EMA
01 February 2011

EMA’s critics wilfully ignore the positive aspects of the soon-to-be scrapped scheme.

Education
This is unfair to the poorest teenagers in our country
21 October 2010

Axing the Education Maintenance Allowance will prevent thousands of young people from deprived backgrounds from going to university.

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