Inside Your Ed
This podcast takes a look inside the latest stories from across the education system in England including schools, colleges, universities and apprenticeships. Hosted by Tom Richmond.
Inside Your Ed
Is the Government right to start intervening in the apprenticeship system?
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It has been over 3.5 years since then opposition leader Keir Starmer announced that a Labour government would give businesses the flexibility they need to train their workforce by turning the Conservative Party’s apprenticeships levy into a ‘Growth and Skills Levy’.
After waiting a very long time to hear anything meaningful about the Growth and Skills Levy, we have suddenly been inundated in the opening months of 2026 with a raft of hugely significant - and hugely contentious - changes in quick succession.
So what have been the big changes to apprenticeships since the start of this year? Why has the Government decided to take such an active role in the apprenticeship system when its predecessor shied away from this approach? And will these recent changes help tackle the rising concerns about rising unemployment among young people?
My guests are Stephen Evans, the Chief Executive at the Learning and Work Institute, and Ben Rowland, the Chief Executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP).
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