Ministers call time on adult training contract

The Government is to end its contract with embattled adult training provider learndirect due to concerns about standards, it has been confirmed.

The Department for Education (DFE) said learndirect’s contract with the Education and Skills Funding Agency would be wound up by July next year.

In a statement, a DFE spokesman said that the department was working with the firm to ensure that no apprentices lost out as a result of the decision.

A damning Ofsted report on learndirect is due to be released today after the firm failed to block its publication in the High Court.