Starmer called on to make financial education compulsory

Businesses sign open letter amid curriculum review

Jen Frost
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A The Investing and Saving Alliance (TSIA) sub-committee has called on prime minister Keir Starmer to bring in compulsory financial education across schools.

The TSIA's Financial Education Council (FEC) has penned an open letter to Starmer, arguing that the implementation of financial education into the secondary school National Curriculum has been inconsistent with a limited impact. This is despite it being brought in ten years ago. The group backed recommendations previously made by the pre-election Education Select Committee, including that financial education should start in primary school. Other recommendations included increasing financial education-dedicated time in mathematics curricula and bringing in statutory economic and financ...

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