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A CHARITY has demanded the government “make apprenticeships work for young people” after its study found that trainees are struggling to pay for basic living costs.
Two out of five apprentices spent more money completing their training than they earned, while many were left with nothing to live on after paying for work clothes, travel and childcare, according to a study by the Young Women’s Trust.
Young women apprentices were found to be even worse off, earning £6.67 an hour on average compared to men’s hourly wage of £7.25. Female apprentices were also more likely to fork out money for child care.
Comments from Matt Goodwin and Danny Kruger expose a reactionary vision in which falling birth rates are blamed on women, says JUDITH CAZORLA
As the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women begins in Beijing, it’s clear that China has fulfilled its commitments set 30 years ago and delivered amazing progress in women's education and equality, writes YU BOKUN
Susan Galloway talks to ASH REGAN MSP about her “Unbuyable” Bill, seeking to tackle the commercial sexual exploitation of women in Scotland