Tom Allingham
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Communications Director @savethestudent. All views my own.
London, England
Joined August 2009
UPDATE: Just revisiting this thread as, via work, I was asked to comment on @seekarrangement's claim that 500,000 UK students have signed up to the site as sugar babies. I did a bit of extra digging to see what their latest claims are, and you'll never guess what I found...
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🚀 We've launched our first EVER bursary! 💷 We're giving away 6x £750 to students starting university in Autumn 2025, to help buy essentials like a laptop, bedding, specialist equipment and more. 🏠 Open to those with a household income of £40k/year or less. Full details 👇
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Really proud to have made this shortlist! ⭐ #HMAwards25 If you're a journalist, or know a journalist, and you'd like to lend your support, I'd love if you could spend a couple of seconds voting for me here - you just need to click a dropdown! 👇🏻 https://t.co/LkHNX7otwm
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We're pleased to announce the #HMAwards25 shortlist for Expert of the Year! 🏆 Congratulations to: @TomAllingham, @KevinCarrC, @sarahecoles, @D_Hollingworth, @Myron_Jobson, @russmould1, Rachel Springall, @SusannahShares and @pensionstully! https://t.co/z55IGM1SLn
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🚨 NEW 🚨 Today we publish the results of our National Student Accommodation Survey 2025. University students are facing rent increases, longer commutes, substandard conditions and, in some cases, homelessness.
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Here's what students have told us...
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🚨 NEW 🚨 Today sees the release of our National Student Money Survey 2024, providing valuable insights into the financial challenges faced by those at university. Key insights... 🧵⤵️
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You know what to do. 🗳️ https://t.co/PNO1LgcPbY
We're delighted to be shortlisted! 🎊 Given the challenges students face, 2023's National Student Money Survey was possibly the most important ever. And if you're a journalist, we'd hugely appreciate you taking a second to vote for us. 👇 https://t.co/dzMM3Yagji
#HMAwards24
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We're delighted to be shortlisted! 🎊 Given the challenges students face, 2023's National Student Money Survey was possibly the most important ever. And if you're a journalist, we'd hugely appreciate you taking a second to vote for us. 👇 https://t.co/dzMM3Yagji
#HMAwards24
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Congratulations to the #HMAwards24 Thought Leadership Media Campaign of the Year shortlist! @ajbell, @AXAUK, @Experian_UK, @QuilterCheviot, @SaveTheStudent, @skiptonbs & @TSB 👏
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🚨 NEWS 🚨 🏠 Today sees the publication of our National Student Accommodation Survey 2024. 📄 The report reveals how, despite inflation falling, the intense financial challenges that students have faced in recent years have not eased. Instead, they are becoming entrenched.
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🗨️ Our response to today's announcement on student Maintenance Loans in England 👇
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@MartinSLewis @Jeremy_Hunt Thanks for highlighting the shortfall in student Maintenance Loans. This is something we've been campaigning for ever since the 2.8% increase was announced. We're calling on the government to increase loans to catch up with inflation next year.👇 https://t.co/0y3TzPNU60
petition.parliament.uk
Over the past 2 years (Sept ‘21–‘23), inflation (RPIX) has been 21%. But max Student Loans in England rose by just 5.2%, leaving students up to £1,500/year worse off (real terms). The government must...
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🗨️ "Without intervention, the maintenance loan will continue to fall drastically short of living costs and students will suffer the consequences." Our piece in @HEPI_news today, calling for the government to increase loans to catch up with inflation 👇
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‼️📢 IMPORTANT ACTION NEEDED TO HELP STUDENTS 📢‼️ We've relaunched our campaign for the government to increase Student Loans to catch up with inflation, and we need your help to make it happen. 🎓💜 SIGN and SHARE our petition.✍️ https://t.co/0y3TzPNU60
petition.parliament.uk
Over the past 2 years (Sept ‘21–‘23), inflation (RPIX) has been 21%. But max Student Loans in England rose by just 5.2%, leaving students up to £1,500/year worse off (real terms). The government must...
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The gall to tweet this. Let's take these claims one by one. 🧵 THREAD
The Govt is working hard to support students by: ✅increasing the @officestudents grant to £276m to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds. ✅increasing the maintenance loans by 2.8%. ✅established energy rebates for students in private settings.
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Lots of talk today about Keir Starmer ditching Labour's pledge to abolish tuition fees. We oppose this u-turn. ⚠ But don't forget the biggest issue affecting students *right now*: Maintenance Loans have not kept up with inflation, and now trail living costs by £439 EVERY MONTH.
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Pleased to see this petition from @SaveTheStudent, campaigning for a key recommendation from our @APPGStudents inquiry into the cost of living for students. Read our report here👇 https://t.co/KvKQFX57VS
🚨 PETITION: INCREASE MAINTENANCE LOANS🚨 We're calling on the gov to close the £1,500 loan shortfall, caused by years of inflation forecast errors. Failing to do so will bake these errors into the system and intensify students' struggles. MORE INFO 👇 https://t.co/X6vK3qYkel
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🚨 PETITION: INCREASE MAINTENANCE LOANS🚨 We're calling on the gov to close the £1,500 loan shortfall, caused by years of inflation forecast errors. Failing to do so will bake these errors into the system and intensify students' struggles. MORE INFO 👇 https://t.co/X6vK3qYkel
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You're set to miss out on almost £2,000 next year.
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Big thanks to @marykfoy and other MPs for highlighting this issue, including our research on the shocking shortfall between the loan & living costs. We'd encourage everyone to join us in calling on the government to amend the 2023/24 Maintenance Loan rates and avoid catastrophe.
Today, with 38 colleagues, I wrote to @GillianKeegan about derisory 2.8% rise to Student Maintenance Loan. This'll have disastrous consequences on low & middle income families with talented young people priced out of uni. If you're a student & your MP didn't sign - ask them why.
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And there we have it. @halfon4harlowMP @educationgovuk have announced that Maintenance Loans will rise by just 2.8% next year, despite inflation being around 10%. This follows 2022/23, where loans increased by just 2.3%, with inflation again approx 10%. Here's our comment 👇
As @RussellGroup highlighted yesterday, unless the government updates its measures of inflation to reflect reality, students will lose out on as much as £1,500 a year. And that's ON TOP of the existing shortfall. https://t.co/vwJ1WVvWNz
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But as things stand, that seems unlikely. So, we're once again calling on @halfon4harlowMP and @educationgovuk to do the right thing and help close the devastating shortfall between Maintenance Loans and living costs.
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🧵THREAD 🧵 Maintenance Loans in 2023/24 are already a mess, and the government hasn't even announced how much spending money students will have yet. Here's why 👇
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