{"id":175762,"date":"2023-05-21T19:04:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T19:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=175762"},"modified":"2023-05-21T19:04:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T19:04:50","slug":"uk-is-hooked-on-foreign-labour-due-to-failing-apprentice-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/uk-is-hooked-on-foreign-labour-due-to-failing-apprentice-system\/","title":{"rendered":"UK is &apos;hooked&apos; on foreign labour due to &apos;failing&apos; apprentice system"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Britain is &#8216;hooked&#8217; on cheap foreign labour because the apprentice system is &#8216;failing&#8217;, experts warn amid calls for shake-up to link training to immigration policy<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New report says apprenticeship funding should be linked to UK&#8217;s visa policies<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It says the broken training system has forced firms to &#8216;rely on immigration&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A failure to fix the UK&#8217;s broken apprenticeship system has left British companies forced to &#8216;rely on immigration,&#8217;\u00a0a new Policy Exchange report has said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Apprenticeship funding should instead be linked to the UK&#8217;s visa policy, to ensure British firms are able to train up local talent instead of hiring lower paid foreign workers, it says.<\/p>\n<p>The shake-up would see money used to fill jobs listed on the UK&#8217;s &#8216;shortage occupation list,&#8217; that lets companies hire overseas staff for below the going rate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi backed the calls as the think-tank&#8217;s David Goodhart said the failure to reform apprenticeship had left the UK &#8216;hooked on cheap foreign labour&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The report also reveals that \u00a34.3 billion raised through Britain&#8217;s apprenticeship levy has gone unspent, as it claims a lack of flexibility has hindered uptake of the schemes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/05\/21\/11\/71232951-12107777-image-a-1_1684663916504.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi (pictured) backed the call as he argued employers should be able to &#8216;train up home grown talent&#8217; instead of &#8216;being forced to rely on immigration&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><span>It in turn calls for cash from the UK&#8217;s &#8216;apprenticeship levy&#8217; to be spent on a wider range of courses, including coding bootcamps and HGV driving courses.<\/span><span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Introduced in the financial year 2017\/18, the UK&#8217;s &#8216;apprenticeship levy&#8217; is a tax on companies that is used to fund on-the-job training schemes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The levy sees all firms that pay out wages of more than \u00a33 million each year taxed 0.5%, with the money used to finance a variety of training schemes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The paper argues funding from the &#8216;apprenticeship levy&#8217; should be linked to Britain&#8217;s visa policy, by using it to fill jobs listed on the UK&#8217;s\u00a0&#8216;shortage occupation list.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Britain&#8217;s &#8216;shortage occupation list&#8217; lets companies hire workers from overseas at rates 20% below those normally required to obtain a &#8216;skilled worker&#8217; visa.\u00a0<span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jobs listed on the &#8216;shortage occupation list&#8217; include welders, engineers, lab technicians, and care workers.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Nadhim Zahawi MP said &#8217;employers should be able to use the levy to train up home-grown talent&#8230; instead of being forced to rely on immigration to fill these vacancies.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/05\/21\/11\/71233089-12107777-image-a-2_1684664355320.jpg\" height=\"920\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>(Stock image) The report calls for an overhaul of the UK&#8217;s apprenticeship system to boost uptake by making the schemes more flexible to include short courses<\/p>\n<p><span>The think-tank&#8217;s David Goodhart said: &#8220;Failure to reform the apprenticeship \u00adsystem and train young \u00adpeople has left Britain hooked on cheap foreign \u00adlabour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;Policy Exchange\u2019s proposal to link the apprenticeship levy to immigration policy would allow businesses to train up our own workforce to fill jobs,&#8217; he said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Policy Exchange report also reveals that since 2018, a sum of \u00a34.3 billion, that was raised through the UK&#8217;s levy, has not been spent on apprenticeships.<\/p>\n<p>It claims the failure is due to a lack of support for shorter courses, as it says small business should be paid \u00a33,000 to train up apprentices.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The report warns that uptake of apprenticeships by 19-24 year olds has dropped by 31 per cent since 2015\/16, as it claims more must be done to boost accessibility.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a bid to boost access to the schemes, apprentices should also be paid the UK&#8217;s minimum wage, and provided with free public transport, it says.<\/p>\n<p>It adds that academic requirements, requiring apprentices to pass Maths and English GCSEs, should also be scrapped to ensure the schemes\u00a0are more accessible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cobra Beer founder Lord\u00a0Bilimoria urged to government to &#8216;listen to this report and implement its recommendations,&#8217; 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