Apprenticeships 'under threat' from Labour, warns Gillian Keegan
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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HEAD START
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WE HAVE TO BE GREAT
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It's not the burka we need to ban, it's the balaclava
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NICK Ferrari, Sunday Express columnist and LBC radio presenter, is the genial assassin of the airwaves.
Chinese student who drugged and raped 10 women asked for castration
SERIAL SEX OFFENDER GETS LIFE IN PRISON
Labour pledges 'decade of national renewal' with hospitals, schools and jails revamped
DILAPIDATED schools, hospitals and prisons will be revamped in a 10-year drive to fix the \"fabric\" of the nation.
