Kezie Dugdale at First Minister`s Questions (29 October 2015):
"I turn to student finance. Figures that have been published this week by the Student Awards Agency for Scotland show that, under the Scottish National Party Government, the average student bursary or grant has been cut by almost 30 per cent, and that it is the poorest students who are suffering. Students from deprived backgrounds are being forced to take on an even greater debt burden. Students who have the potential to get on in life and to do great things are being held back because their parents do not have a lot of money. The gap between the richest and the rest has grown on the Scottish National Party’s watch."
- Read more at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=10161&mode=html#sthash.KWv8kgZB.dpuf
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