Reform UK unveils wage credits to spur apprenticeships
TL;DR
Reform UK proposals include an 'apprenticeship wage credit' giving SMEs a 30% wage rebate for 16–18-year-old apprentices and a £2,000 retention bonus, aiming for 600,000 apprenticeship starts annually by 2034. The plan would be funded by banning foreign students from taxpayer loans and cutting what Reform calls 'Mickey Mouse degrees,' with an estimated cost of £1.48bn–£2bn over five years. Braverman pitched this as a vocational renaissance, while other parties voiced mixed reactions.
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- Reform UK proposes tax rebates for firms to boost apprenticeships BBC
- Reform UK hates ‘Mickey Mouse’ degrees – apprenticeships in dodgy crypto, anyone? The Guardian
- 'Reform's Suella Braverman and Richard Tice unveil university attack - but struggle with basic questions' The Mirror
- Reform proposes scrapping student loans for EU students while urging Brits not to get 'ripped off' by university lbc.co.uk
- Suella Braverman announces Reform’s apprenticeship package to end the “great university scam” Reform UK
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