Apprentices scheme off target

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By Channel 4 News

Channel 4 News has seen evidence that the government's apprentices scheme, backed by Sir Alan Sugar, has failed to take off.

They have promised to take on 400,000 new apprentices over the next ten years and put the new Enterprise Tsar, Lord Sugar, at the helm.

But figures show that the apprenticeship website only filled 3 per cent of the vacancies that it had on offer in the first half of this year.

The Tories have branded the website a celebrity gimmick but the government insists that the site is increasing in popularity.