General Article How to improve financial literacy in schools – without adding to teachers’ workloads

Topic Selected: Money Matters Book Volume: 452

A new programme by the charity RedSTART is equipping primary school students with the financial skills they need.

By Jack Lawton-Summers, Research Associate at the Policy Institute, King’s College London

The UK isn’t saving enough. More than 11 million working-age people in Britain do not have at least £1,000 in the bank for a rainy day, while even more – 13 million – are not putting away enough for an adequate retirement.

The cost-of-living crisis and the country’s stagnant wage growth are o...

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