Labour promises return of student maintenance grants

Labour says it would restore grants to help young people in England stay in further and higher education. This would mean a return for education maintenance allowances (EMA) scrapped by the coalition government in 2010. It would also mean reversing the decision to turn maintenance grants for poorer university students into repayable loans. Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said it showed a commitment to "investing in our young people". Labour says it would pay for the support for 1.25 million poorer students by increasing corporation tax by up to 1.5%.