Starmer announces new educational target to include apprenticeships

By Daniel Gayne2025-10-01T09:40:00

Prime minister wants two-thirds of young people to get a degree or ‘gold-standard’ apprenticeship

The prime minister has abandoned a Blair-era ambition to get 50% of young people to university and committed to a target that is more inclusive of vocational careers.

In his speech at this year’s Labour party conference in Liverpool, Keir Starmer compared his experience of going to a university from a working-class background with his father’s experience as a toolmaker.

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