{"id":58,"date":"2010-01-11T15:49:07","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T15:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?58"},"modified":"2010-01-11T15:49:07","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T15:49:07","slug":"tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Tories: Kids of fallen troops to get uni scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If the Tories are voted into power, kids who have lost their parents on active service will be given university scholarships.<\/p>\n<p>As the race to govern the country heats up, the Conservatives have promised they will provide grants which will cover everything from tuition fees to living costs.<\/p>\n<p>Shadow chancellor George Osborne and shadow defence secretary Liam Fox said that children whose mum or dad lost their lives in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan would be eligible for the money.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;These university and college scholarships will provide financial help for the families of fallen servicemen and women &ndash; and will be a lasting tribute to their bravery and sacrifice,&quot; Mr Osborne stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Tories have been hard at work coming up with plans to help the brave boys and girls serving Queen and country in foreign parts.<\/p>\n<p>Party leader David Cameron recently told BBC Radio 4&rsquo;s Today programme that he wants to double the bonuses paid to soldiers serving in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Daniel Ohio<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-19550233-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=19550233\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Osborne promises to help children whose parents have been lost in combat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-support-soldiers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tories: Kids of fallen troops to get uni scholarships - Forces Penpals GB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tories: Kids of fallen troops to get uni scholarships - Forces Penpals GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"George Osborne promises to help children whose parents have been lost in combat.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Forces Penpals GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-01-11T15:49:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Forces Penpals\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Forces Penpals\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships\/\",\"name\":\"Tories: Kids of fallen troops to get uni scholarships - Forces Penpals GB\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-01-11T15:49:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"Tories: Kids of fallen troops to get uni scholarships\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tories: Kids of fallen troops to get uni scholarships\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/\",\"name\":\"Forces Penpals GB\",\"description\":\"armed forces penpals, military dating and support for military personnel\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c\",\"name\":\"Forces Penpals\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4af06cf896911f865dc18ec3dfabb6ee77d1b6a0d14505a72440f798f955918d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4af06cf896911f865dc18ec3dfabb6ee77d1b6a0d14505a72440f798f955918d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Forces Penpals\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/author\/news\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tories: Kids of fallen troops to get uni scholarships - Forces Penpals GB","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tories: Kids of fallen troops to get uni scholarships - Forces Penpals GB","og_description":"George Osborne promises to help children whose parents have been lost in combat.","og_url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships\/","og_site_name":"Forces Penpals GB","article_published_time":"2010-01-11T15:49:07+00:00","author":"Forces Penpals","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Forces Penpals","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships\/","url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships\/","name":"Tories: Kids of fallen troops to get uni scholarships - Forces Penpals GB","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2010-01-11T15:49:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"Tories: Kids of fallen troops to get uni scholarships"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tories-kids-of-fallen-troops-to-get-uni-scholarships\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tories: Kids of fallen troops to get uni scholarships"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website","url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/","name":"Forces Penpals GB","description":"armed forces penpals, military dating and support for military personnel","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c","name":"Forces Penpals","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4af06cf896911f865dc18ec3dfabb6ee77d1b6a0d14505a72440f798f955918d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4af06cf896911f865dc18ec3dfabb6ee77d1b6a0d14505a72440f798f955918d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Forces Penpals"},"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/author\/news\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}