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Thousands wait for student money

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Tens of thousands of English students may still be waiting for maintenance grants, latest figures suggest.

Some 844,000 applications have been approved - though 39,000 were interim assessments - while some 70,000 were still being processed.

The National Union of Students has called for the Student Loans chief executive to resign and opposition politicians are also critical.

Jenny Hill reports.

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