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Changes to Disability Students' Allowance; practicalities of 'killing time'Changes to Disability Students' Allowance; practicalities of 'killing time'

Released On: 13 May 2014

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Universities minister David Willetts on proposed cuts to Disabled Students' Allowance.

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