Higher training costs for older workers risks plan to tackle youth jobs crisis, employers say

October 26, 2026 · 6:00 am 1 sources

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• Higher training costs for older workers risks plan to tackle youth jobs crisis, employers say
  The Guardian · October 26, 2026 06:00
  Exclusive: Ministers planning overhaul of apprenticeship funding to increase cost of over-25s training, Guardian understands Britain’s largest employers have told the government that forcing businesses to pay more to train older workers risks damaging its goal to tackle the youth jobs crisis. The…