Coalition's child poverty adviser: bring back EMA

Alan Milburn says abolishing education maintenance allowance was 'very bad mistake' The coalition made "a very bad mistake" when it abolished the education maintenance allowance (EMA) in England aimed at helping poorer 16- to 17-year-olds stay on at school, Alan Milburn, the government's adviser on child poverty and social mobility, tells the Guardian today. Before publication of his controversial report into improving access to higher education, Milburn also warns that there is no evidence that...