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Sir Keir Starmer has said that two-thirds of children should go to university or take a "gold-standard" apprenticeship.

The Prime Minister said that the desire to get 50% of kids to university is no longer the right approach in the landscape of Britain today.

Speaking at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, ee said: "That's national renewal, that's a Britain built for all. That's what I stand for."

The 50% target was put in place by Tony Blair's government.

The PM announced that further education will be made a defining cause of the government, raising the quality of teaching, qualifications linked to jobs, new technical colleges.

He also took aim at Reform UK several times throughout the conference speech, in which he asked if the Reform UK leader says "anything po

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