Businesses employing young apprentices could be able to claim back part of their wages in the form of tax rebates, according to Reform UK plans.
The "apprenticeship wage credit" scheme, designed to deliver a "skills revolution", would offer small and medium-sized firms a 30% rebate on wages paid to apprentices they take on between the ages of 16 and 18.
The plan was announced by Reform's education spokeswoman Suella Braverman, who, the BBC reports, told students receiving their GCSE results they should learn a trade instead of getting "ripped off by the great university scam".
The proposal is the first in a series of initiatives aimed at reaching 600,000 apprenticeships by the end of the next Parliament.
It comes as Reform UK's leader in Scotland Malcolm Offord revealed he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in May, on the day of the Holyrood election.
Discussing the diagnosis at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Offord urged men to "just get checked".
Following surgery, Offord said he was "feeling pretty good", adding: "The thing about the prostate is it is out and gone, I can move on."