{"id":149187,"date":"2023-01-25T11:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T10:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=149187"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:36","slug":"council-of-state-critical-of-exclusion-of-students-from-energy-allowance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/01\/25\/council-of-state-critical-of-exclusion-of-students-from-energy-allowance\/","title":{"rendered":"Council of State critical of exclusion of students from energy allowance"},"content":{"rendered":"

The government plans to give everyone with a low income an energy allowance again this year, apart from students. This is even being laid down by law. The Council of State considers that exception to be poorly substantiated.<\/p>\n

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For many students, the heating will stay off for the time being.<\/span><\/p>

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The government expects energy prices to remain high in 2023. So it wants to give low-income households an energy allowance once again. An amendment to the Participation Act is needed for that; the government sent it to the Council of State last month for its advice.<\/p>\n\n\t

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