MP calls for help for families hit by end of education allowance

Wells MP Tessa Munt has called for action to help families hit bythe scrapping of Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) last year.

EMA paid students up to Pounds 30 a week if household income wasless than Pounds 30,000.

One North Wootton parent says that it costs Pounds 1,400 a yearto send her children to Strode College and the axing of EMA has hitthe family finances hard.

Ms Munt said: "Getting student funding right for AS and A2 levelsis crucial, as if you can't do your A levels, you're not in aposition to apply for a place at university."

Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Education, says he willreplace EMA with more targeted support …