PM: AXE TO FALL ON UNIVERSITY RIP-OFF DEGREES

Rishi's plan to boost young people's skills with 100,000 new apprenticeships

- Christian Calgie

RISHI Sunak has vowed to axe worthless degrees to fund 100,000 more high-skilled trainee posts every year.

The Prime Minister will today spell out Conservative plans to give those starting out in life a leg up by ending the rip-off university courses.

Mr Sunak's move is among proposals to spend £889million on boosting young people's skills.

The Tories say they will save £910million of taxpayers' cash by scrapping courses that leave graduates no better off and with no chance of paying back their student loans.

Worst-performing university courses will be assessed on government data including drop-out rates, job progression and future earnings potential.