£50m EU students row

[Shipoftheline]

TAXPAYERS face a £50million a year bill to support students from other EU countries.

Thousands of teenagers are flocking to British universities after a court ruling gave them help with tuition fees.

Previously they only got aid if passing a four-year residency test.

But a French student went to the European Court of Justice and got this cut to three years.

Last night ministers admitted 6,000 EU students in England could get £10million in grants next year and student loans will add £40million.

Tories have demanded to know why British taxpayers were subsidising foreign students.

But Higher Education Minister Bill Rammell said the entitlement to a loan also applied to Brit students studying abroad.

Meanwhile the amount of debt UK students have when they graduate has quadrupled in five years, a survey revealed.

Those leaving uni this year expect to owe an average £12,640 each compared to £3,174 in 2000.

The rise was down to increases in tuition fees and the cost of living.

No wonder the Goverment don't wont to pay for British Students lol

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005360807,00.html

 

[countryboy]

works both ways our kids can and do get the same in other eu countries another scare story from the rag they try and call a news paper

 

[Shipoftheline]

works both ways our kids can and do get the same in other eu countries another scare story from the rag they try and call a news paper

I'd be very interested if other EU countrie's did this so please lets see your sources because I doubt other EU countrys would be daft enough. Oh the paper you call rag doe's that go for the Telegrath too ?

Telegrath story

 

[stevedw]

why are we also subsidising the £4.4 million pounds renovation of prince charles mansion. the list goes on.

 

[Shipoftheline]

why are we also subsidising the £4.4 million pounds renovation of prince charles mansion. the list goes on.

At least its not the Dutch Royals bet thats next lol

 

[siross]

if its such a big deal as countryboy said, send ur kids to another country they are entitled to a loan there, its not a conspiracy against the british tax payer

 

[Shipoftheline]

if its such a big deal as countryboy said, send ur kids to another country they are entitled to a loan there, its not a conspiracy against the british tax payer

You'd hope that wouldn't you. Thing is do you really think other EU countrys do it

Come on were the idiots in the EU

 

[siross]

well the kid went to the european court of human rights which is above every member countries law so they dont have a choice. we are in the same boat (mroe or less) as the rest of europe