budgets but obviously they are also feeling the pressure of rising costs on things like their energy bills, their estates, their supply chains. so what we are calling for alongside investment that universities themselves are making is for the government to introduce additional support for students because actually the support the government has provided so far to the cost of living has mainly not included students that haven t been eligible for it. things like council tax reductions or support for people on low incomes are on benefits, students haven t been able to tap into that kind of support. so we would like to see a more targeted package from the government to sit alongside the investments that universities are making. so we are asking for three things: to extend the hardship funding that the government is provided, which is targeted at the students most in need. to raise maintenance loans in line with inflation, that would provide all students with an
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