Rate the Govt's newly-announced apprenticeship scheme:

It's a good scheme

2659 votes, 58.6%

There are both good and bad parts to it

1032 votes, 22.7%

It's a waste of taxpayer money

848 votes, 18.7%

Total 4539 votes

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