独家报道：《卫报》获悉，英国各部大臣正计划彻底改革学徒制资助方案，以提高25岁以上员工的培训成本。英国最大的几家雇主已告知政府，强迫企业为培训年长员工支付更多费用，可能会损害政府旨在解决青年就业危机的目标。
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.
《卫报》获悉，各部大臣计划彻底改革工党的学徒制资助方案，将英格兰地区培训25岁以上员工的成本提高25%，以鼓励企业转而培训年轻人。
The Guardian understands ministers plan to overhaul Labour’s apprenticeship funding scheme to increase the cost of training a worker over the age of 25 in England by 25%, to encourage firms to train young people instead.