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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kate Devlin

Former education secretaries demand action over taxpayer-funded university courses for top executives

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Former education secretaries from across the political divide have called on ministers to act after The Independent revealed that more than £1bn of taxpayers’ money was being used to fund masters-level courses for top executives.

One warned that part-subsiding MBAs for high earners raking in more than £100,000 a year “makes a nonsense” of the apprenticeship levy.

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