The Education Secretary, a former apprentice, said Sir Keir Starmer's plan to let big businesses spend half the Apprenticeship Levy on non-apprenticeship training would "devastate opportunities" for millions of young people.
There were 276,000 apprenticeship starts last year and last week's King's Speech announced placements would be boosted.
The average apprentice salary is £29,901, according to job search site Talent.com.
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Simple sleep changes can help people with dementia
Routine provides calm
'Liver transplant cured my cancer'
A WOMAN is cancer-free after having the UK's first liver transplant for advanced bowel cancer.
How Scotland Yard finally nailed a teenage serial killer
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D-Day hero celebrates 100th birthday with a final spin in his car
ONE of Britain's last surviving D-Day veterans marked his 100th birthday by driving his car for the last time.
Kyiv uses British Storm Shadow missile to kill 2 Russian colonels
VLADIMIR Putin has lost at least two colonels in a Ukrainian attack on Russian territory using a British Storm Shadow missile.
'Nonsense to suggest my miracle drug is a reason to oppose assisted dying'
DAME Esther Rantzen has hit back at critics of her assisted dying campaign after a columnist used her terminal cancer experience as an argument against it.
Jess doesn't appear to give a toss either
WHY ARE ministers rejecting a request from Oldham Council for an official government inquiry into the horrifying scandal of child rape gangs and historic child abuse in the town?
PM is fleeing UK's problems by flying to other countries
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Golden age
Galaxy of British stars at Globes bash
Couples delay divorce due to money worries
ONE in six divorces in the past five years were delayed owing to money worries, a survey has found.
