‘Miserly’ grant

1st October 2004, 1:00am

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‘Miserly’ grant

https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/miserly-grant
Students have attacked the “miserly” Government grant for sixth-formers that aims to stop 16-year-olds dropping out of education.The National Union of Students said young people were “angry and disappointed” to find that most of them would not qualify for the pound;30-a-week payment, because it was being phased in over time.

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