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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Jasmine Norden

Government to scrap target for 50% of young people to go to university

The current target is for 50% of young people to go to university (PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer has said Labour will scrap the current university target and replace it with a new one for two-thirds of young people to go to university or do a “gold-standard apprenticeship”.

The Prime Minister told the Labour party conference that he will introduce a new target for two-thirds of people to either go to university, further education or do a gold-standard apprenticeship by the age of 25.

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