The government has agreed to take action to stamp out the misuse of apprenticeship levy funds to subsidise “ineligible MBA courses” for top executives, after an investigation by The Independent.
The climbdown by the skills and apprenticeships minister Robert Halfon comes ahead of his appearance before the cross-party Commons education committee, where he is expected to face questions on young people missing out as apprenticeship money is spent on courses for high-flyers.
