UK presses ahead with apprenticeship levy despite calls for Brexit delay

Britain confirmed on Friday it would press ahead with plans to impose a levy on large employers from early next year to help pay for training workers, despite calls from business groups for the charge to be delayed to soften the economic impact of Brexit. The levy, a 0.5 percent payroll tax on all employers with an annual wage bill above 3 million pounds, is designed to address a chronic skills shortages, but has drawn sceptical responses from businesses since it was announced in 2015. Calls to