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29 May 2024

The Tories are waging war on students

Who on the Tory front bench would want their children to eschew university in favour of apprenticeships?

By Rachel Cunliffe

In an election campaign that has already introduced the prospect of national service for teenagers and diverted yet more cash to already protected pensioners, perhaps it shouldn’t be a surprise that the Conservatives have now taken aim at students.

Today’s big Tory plan is 100,000 new apprenticeships, to be paid for by slashing one in eight university degree places.

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