Financial Education Petition

MPs have called on the Government and other organisations to do more to make sure vulnerable young people outside mainstream schooling receive financial education.

Financial education will form a part of the compulsory national curriculum in England from September 2014, it's been confirmed.

Young people are starting adult life with "dangerous gaps" in their money management skills, a study has found.

Financial education should be taught in every further education and sixth form college, a report from the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Financial Education for Young People says.

The Government today said it would consider making financial education a compulsory part of the school curriculum.

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Financial Education for Young People today launches its report calling for compulsory money lessons in schools.

The Government has responded to our e-petition for compulsory financial education in schools by stating it wants youngsters to be taught about money but without committing to compulsory lessons, in what's been described as "political waffle".

Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls has given his backing to MoneySavingExpert.com's petition calling for financial education to become a compulsory part of the school curriculum.