[Angus]

Originally Posted by thebeast

It's not to do with boroughs. It's got to do with your parents yearly income. If both your parents jointly earn less than about 30 grand a year, their sprog is entitled to EMA. A tenner a week if it's just under 30 grand, 20 quid a week if they earn even more less than 30 grand, and 30 quid a week if they earn quite a bit less than 30 grand a year.

Anyway I agree. Whether you are poor or not. It's a good thing it is being scrapped. The majority of it is being funded for the students social life.

However.. now that it is scrapped. Each student should be taken care of individually financially. If they really can't afford to get to college or whatever then give them money for a bus. Text books for a course.. most are available in a library. As long as the college's are up to scratch with free computers, printed paper and all that available then the students have all what they need.

I know how the EMA is assessed FFS, I was pointing out that in the early days it was rolled out across only a few boroughs, and those that lived just a few hundred yards away in a different borough were turning up just to claim it. Nothing has changed, the students have an unjustified sense of entitlement to free money which most of them obviously do not need since they are able to spend it on booze, holidays, cds etc.