News

Angela Middleton stripped of MBE by King Charles

The ex-apprenticeship boss has honour revoked for ‘bringing the honours system into disrepute’ after owing DfE £12.5m

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Functional skills amend among DWP’s funding fixes 

Other rule changes in the works cover visas, subcontracting, completion payments and learning support reimbursements

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, ATC 2026

ATC 2026: DWP apprenticeships chief talks streamlining, units and assessment

Final details will come 'shortly' and released simultaneously to provide 'clarity about the future offer'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Adult education, ATC 2026, Politics

ESOL cuts are ‘bizarre’, says skills minister

Jacqui Smith ‘concerned’ by Reform UK mayor’s decision and vows to explore how ESOL provision can be ‘available everywhere’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Level 2 admin apprenticeship sign off delayed again

Employers hope the standard will be available for delivery from this autumn after 6 years of lobbying

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships, Colleges

Welsh college pulls plug on England apprenticeships

Leaders want to 'concentrate expertise' in Wales following latest Ofsted criticism

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Management apprenticeships on the chopping block, minister confirms

Government gears up to tell employers which apprenticeships 'aren't appropriate for public funding'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

‘Tight group’ of apprenticeship units to launch in April

'Paltry' initial short course offer expected to focus on engineering/construction and AI

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship budget top-up piles cost pressure on ministers

Mid-year adjustment to 2025-26 allocation reinforces warnings the system is operating on increasingly fine margins

Billy Camden
Billy Camden