Cost of living: Calls to boost students' £30 EMA grant

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Calls to boost students' £30 EMA grant amid cost of living crisis

Keira, 16, an art student from Bethesda, Gwynedd, is one of 60,000 college and sixth form students in Wales who qualify."He got on OK because prices weren't the same then, [but] now prices are so expensive. You'll be using big chunks of your money just to get places," she said.

"I feel like when it was 2004, living costs weren't as high as they are now, [so] we could use a bit of a raise to help." She said: "We've heard about students who are leaving college, because they can't afford to stay. They need to contribute to their household's finances and £30 a week just doesn't cut it.

"A 10% uplift on last year and then a commitment to an uplift going forwards, would at least stop things getting worse."Dr Victoria Winckler, director of the Bevan Foundation, says she is "shocked" by the lack of increase in allowance He said: "EMA is a very important tool for us here in Wales to make sure that kids from low income households are able to stay in education.

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