{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/7426.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":7426,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"EMA should be reinstated - NOW","background":null,"additional_details":"Taking EMA away from teenagers in low-income families is short-sighted at best and callous at worst. Only cocooned politicians could imagine this isn't going to hit the poorest families the hardest. EMA covers college-related outgoings for the whole year - books, tools, travel, food, incidental expenses - that poor families will struggle increasingly to afford. EMA is probably the best idea the Labour Government ever had - it supports poorer families unobtrusively and even-handedly whilst dually keeping teenagers focussed on actually getting their qualifications.   A re-think is needed in Westminster ~ EMA deserves to be reinstated.   NOW.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-08-09T00:57:56.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:26:44.188Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:33:38.994Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-09T00:57:56.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}