Labour pushed for answers on social work student bursaries
The Labour front bench have not even had the common courtesy to reply to repeated calls for help from social work students.
The Labour front bench have not even had the common courtesy to reply to repeated calls for help from social work students.
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We had hoped the Minister would promise to look into the issue but these warm words contained no promise to change the unfair bursaries system in England.
Many social work students face unique levels of financial hardship as they are unable to work part-time while completing their studies.
The momentum of the England student bursary campaign is growing with over 250 signatures.
If the current Government is not prepared to act on the issues social work students have raised, Labour must.
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Emma Lewell-Buck MP laid down a challenge to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to set out what steps the Government will take to improve the equality of distribution of – and access to – bursaries for student social workers.
Social work students in England have secured support from the Social Workers Union Campaign Fund in their call for fairer bursaries.