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MSE News: Give all primary school children a financial education, MPs urge

All children across the UK should be taught basic money skills in primary school by 2030, a cross-party group of MPs have said in a new report published today.

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'Give all primary school children a financial education, MPs urge'

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  • molerat
    molerat Posts: 36,017 Forumite
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    edited 11 July 2021 at 11:56AM
    Why do they need teaching basic money skills ?  It is always someone else's fault if they get scammed / into debt and the banks / lenders will bail them out courtesy of the regulators.  Financial education is of no use if there are no repercussions from failure.
  • parcival
    parcival Posts: 949 Forumite
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    Great idea.
    Making it harder for youngsters to get into debt should be part of it.
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