MPs back Programme in Personal Financial Planning

Advocates include Barry Sheerman (Labour) - chair of the Children, Schools & Families Select Committee; Mark Hoban (Conservative) - Shadow Treasury Minister; and Julia Goldsworthy (Liberal Democrat) - former Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Top industry figures were similarly supportive of the initiative. Daniel Godfrey, director general of Association of Investment Companies (AIC), commented: "The AIC has always argued that financial education should be moved up the political agenda. "Whilst real and significant progress has been made in the classroom, it is encouraging to see...