Plan to end student grants without Commons vote outrages opposition | Politics | The Guardian
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More backdoor legislation, this must be... ooh, the third such incident at least? And we're talking 'future critical' each time.

The maintenance loans have been in place for decades and repayment is same than tuition loan.
Yes free money is nicer than money you have to repay but grants aren't necessary in this case. It is bettter they kept that money for hardship funds.