omg.. EMA goin.

[kk.]

i never agreed with EMA to begin with. it should be that everyone gets it, or no one does. I never got money from my parents so i went to get a job. To me, EMA encourages people not to get a job which gives them little/no experience in the work place which gets them even more behind the rest of us.

Some people do depend on it, however, there are jobs available that they can get. It then gives them an education and experience. I do not recieve EMA by the way and so it will not affect me as such, but i cannot see why they cannot find alternate methods of getting to school eg biking/walking or catching a lift with a friend. As for lunch, its cheaper to by the food at home rather than spending it a school/shops. If you have a debit card/cash, leave your wallet at home. Since i started school again, almost 2 weeks ago, i have spent £0. Mainly because i only £5 in my account but normally i would go out spending my money at morrisons.

So imo, EMA is not needed, and in most situations it makes it worse

[Ramones]

YEAH, JUST GET A JOB. I work 15 hours a week and get around 300 a month minimum, and mummy and daddy pay nothing for me. As much as everyone likes to believe, the government aren't stupid. If this does happen like i said earlier they wouldn't leave the people who need it badly with nothing. You're saying this'll happen when they make the leaving age of education 18 compulsory, i'm sure they'd just have a 'free school dinner' scheme or free bus passes like there is at school.

[jesus]

i no for a fact that i do actually need it my mum only earns 15k a year and got 2 other kids to support other than me and its about £2.50 just for a SINGLE to get to the college im going to.

cant you get a college bus pass that lets you on for concessionary?

[lAscend]

cant you get a college bus pass that lets you on for concessionary?

no my school is tight like that as they only provide it for years 7 - 11 not for the 6th form students.

[Pat McGroin]

Oh well, I'll be in uni then... You do realise that if it gets scrapped, it'll be a few years notice?

[GommeInc]

To be fair though, the EMA was pointless and badly drawn up. Only child families benefit from the money while families with about 4-5 children don't if they're just over the limit.

[jesus]

they get child benefits anyway - thats what they are for

theres no need for ema

[Soka]

they get child benefits anyway - thats what they are for

theres no need for ema

child benefits stop coming when your 16... and thats for clothes/food from when your born till your 16 to your parents...

i dont care if EMA stops, i don't get it and most of my mates who do get it, don't spend it on educational stuff, but spend it on materialistic items :8
when isn't it an allowance for educational stuff? or transport to college or food at college... not for xbox 360 games, as an example

im not saying all people spend it on this, but majority do therefore i think its pointless..., or all should get it, or nobody should get it.

[Paulio]

Silly really, EMA attracted me to college. It wont effect me as I'll either be in Uni of have a job in the next two years.

[kk.]

i dont get EMA, but i may do sooon. my dad could lose his joba nd os that would put me on £30 a week from the EMA. Would i care if it went, not really, because i even suggested giving it my mum and dad because we would only get £90 a week. (i have a job remember)