The young poor are bearing the brunt of apprenticeship funding cuts, early years training providers have warned.
Changes to the way early years apprenticeships are funded, which were announced last week, could result in cuts of up to 50 per cent for the worst off.
According to analysis by early years training provider PBD, providers accepting 16- to 18-year-olds in the most deprived areas of the country face cuts of 42 per cent in Level 3 funding compared with the previous system. For comparable Level 2 courses, the cut is 49 per cent.
This is despite the Government scrapping plans to stop paying a cash weighting for deprivation following an outcry.
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