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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Catherine Lough

Government support for poorer students ‘to fall to lowest level in seven years’

PA Wire

Government support for the poorest university students will fall to its lowest level for seven years in 2022-23, according to new analysis.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said that as maintenance loan entitlements fail to keep pace with rising levels of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation, even students eligible for a maximum maintenance loan would have to make do with far less than they would make earning the minimum wage.

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