Poor maths and English costs £800m

Poor maths skills cost British adults more than £800 million a year because shoppers fail to notice when they are short-changed.Research from the adult learning organisation learndirect finds that half those questioned thought their basic maths and English skills let them down.Learndirect says that £823 million is lost each year due to inadequate basic skills - enough to pay the starting salaries of more than 40,000 new teachers.