Aisling Curtis | Opinion Editor The new UK Government budget debuted last week to overwhelming concern from students. Chancellor George Osborne told young people that they must either “earn or learn”, cutting housing benefit for those aged between 18–21, replacing the maintenance grant for students from low-income families with a loan scheme, barring those below 25 from eligibility for the national living wage, and removing fee caps from universities, allowing them to charge more if they meet certain high-quality teaching standards. By scrapping these protective measures, and introducing ones that explicitly exclude non-wealthy young people, the UK government has shown its hand: this budget will … Continue reading With UK Budget, a Reminder for Ireland: It Shouldn’t Be ‘Earn or Learn’