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Rachael Burford

East London council to pay low income children to stay in school

Tower Hamlets will give £200 a term to teenagers from low income households

An east London council is to become the first in the country to pay children from low income families to stay in school.

Tower Hamlets will give £200 a term to teenagers from households that earn less than £25k if they remain in full time education after turning 16.

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