Actor and comedian Simon Pegg has lashed out at the Prime Minister’s plan to ensure students in England study maths in some form until the age of 18. In Rishi Sunak's first speech of the new year, he said on Wednesday that the UK must "reimagine our approach to numeracy".
Taking to Instagram stories, Mr Pegg argued that Mr Sunak should be encouraging subjects such as arts in school rather than forcing students to do maths if they do not wish to do so.
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