Don't Scrap Maintenance grants!

The Issue

Students coming from underprivileged families already find it hard enough to go to university with the cost of living is on average £9175 and students from lower income families rely on Maintenance grants to live and with debts from student loans already reaching £27,000 for doing a 3 year degree so when you then add the maintenance loan of £9000+ they already have debts of £36,000 so why give them even more debt that would leave them with debts of £50,000+ for the 3 years, surely what should be stopping people from going to Universities are their grades not their class

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The Issue

Students coming from underprivileged families already find it hard enough to go to university with the cost of living is on average £9175 and students from lower income families rely on Maintenance grants to live and with debts from student loans already reaching £27,000 for doing a 3 year degree so when you then add the maintenance loan of £9000+ they already have debts of £36,000 so why give them even more debt that would leave them with debts of £50,000+ for the 3 years, surely what should be stopping people from going to Universities are their grades not their class

The Decision Makers

George Osborne MP (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
George Osborne MP (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Petition created on 8 July 2015