The taxpayer-funded apprenticeships scheme should be overhauled to focus on young people at the start of their careers, instead of millions being spent on courses for senior executives, MPs will warn in the wake of an investigation by The Independent.
We revealed last month that the current system is being “gamed” to help pay for masters courses, with more than £1bn spent to subsidise these studies since 2017, including £100m used to part-fund MBAs for high-flyers.
