A report from the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) has found that the benefits system is having a major impact on many post-16 education and training choices

Many young people face the choice of losing their family’s Social Security financial support, as the benefits system will cease to support them should they enter an apprenticeship.

This is because the system is designed to be offset by the wages the apprentice brings in, but that would mean handing most, if not all, of their wages to their family.