Economic support to 16-18-year-olds students will be targeted to those young people who really need financial help to continue in education.
Yesterday’s protest over plans to axe EMA, was called by the ‘education activist network’ and supported by London Region University and College Union (UCU); activists, who had set up a little trestles table and stood chatting and holding banners, started their march at 3.30 pm in Trafalgar Square.
Soon after, demonstrators from all over London gathered at the department of business, innovation and skills in Victoria Street, where they were surrounded by police. The crowd soon disbanded, and a small group marched off, towards a public meeting being held at King's College.
The action was far quieter than last week’s demonstration to protest at the Government's plans to treble university tuition fees.
Agitators were disappointed over EMA scrapping, but students who currently get the grant will continue to receive it for the rest of the academic year.
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