The Liberal Democrat bidding to become Hertford and Stortford’s next MP has accused the Conservatives of failing the constituency’s young people over falling apprenticeships. Helen Campbell was responding to Conservative plans to scrap some university courses in England to help fund 100,000 apprenticeships a year. If the party wins the General Election on July 4, it says an independent regulator will close the poorest-performing university courses. The Liberal Democrats have pointed out that, in Hertford and Stortford, there were 70 fewer apprenticeship starts in 2023/23 than in 2015/16 – a de…