Pupils from lower income backgrounds in one UK borough will receive a payment of up to £400 to stay in education after the age of 16.
The policy has been reintroduced by Labour mayor of Tower Hamlets Lutfur Rahman after it was scrapped in England by David Cameron's coalition government in 2010.
Originally, the Educational Maintenance Allowance was introduced by Tony's Blair government across the UK, and remains in place in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.