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Labour party leader Helen Clark has said her party would introduce student allowances across the board if it forms the next Government.
In a speech to students at Otago University this afternoon, she said the policy would be phased in from next year and be universal by 2012.
The policy would cost $210 million a year once it is fully implemented.
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