Rishi Sunak vows to end low-earning degrees in post-16 education shake-up

Candidate for PM proposes to raise prestige of vocational education and mandate sixth-form maths and English with a British baccalaureate

Rishi Sunak has vowed to phase out university degrees that do not improve students' earning potential", create a Russell Group of world-class technical colleges and introduce a British baccalaureate that would prevent 16-year-olds from dropping maths and English.

The Tory leadership hopeful said his plans to reform post-16 education marked a significant stride towards parity of esteem between vocational and academic education".