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Pupils Forced To Learn Maths To 18 As Rishi Sunak Scraps A-Levels

The prime minister wants to create a new qualification called the "Advanced British Standard".
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Rishi Sunak Mocked For Plan To Revive Chess In Britain

Bloomberg reports the PM will unveil his policy gambit with "an over-sized set on 10 Downing Street’s lawn".
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Humiliation For Rishi Sunak As Expert Picked To Praise 'Maths To 18' Plan Criticises It

Stephen Follows described the policy as "misguided and tone deaf".
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Ed Balls Is Studying For His Maths A-Level 40 Years After Leaving School

The former shadow chancellor dropped the subject after sitting his O-Levels in the 1980s.
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'Gosh, Very Quiet': Rishi Sunak Gets Silence As Students Refuse To Ask Him Questions

The students did not seem as excited about maths as the prime minister.
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Twitter Thinks Ministers Should Look At Their Own Ability To Do Maths Before Making It Compulsory

"It would be nice if the government could do maths."
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Sky News Host Skewers Minister By Saying Only Government Is To Blame For 'Anti-Maths Mindset'

Conservative ministers first suggested there was a problem with maths in the UK back in 2012.
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Rishi Sunak Unveils Plan To Make Every Pupil Learn Maths Until They Are 18

The prime minister will say numeracy is "every bit as essential as reading".
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Sunak's Suggestion Of More Maths For Teens Just Doesn't Add Up For Twitter

"They’ll all be able to count how many hours people have to wait in A&E and just how underfunded the NHS is."
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Maths Anxiety Is A Real Thing Among Kids – And We Can All Relate

Schools should treat this issue with "real concern".
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