Financial literacy isn’t just an educational issue, it underpins how effectively people engage with savings, investment, and employee share ownership. At our recent Employee Share Ownership Symposium, this issue was raised on several occasions by both companies and share plan professionals: without a solid foundation in financial understanding, even well-designed share schemes risk being underused or misunderstood.

We’re calling on the Department for Education and HM Treasury to commit to participation in the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment Financial Literacy study. Stronger post-16 provision and international benchmarking are essential to assess progress and drive improvement. With better metrics we can strengthen financial capability and unlock the potential of share ownership and stronger, more diverse participation in the economy.

If you support better financial learning and broader economic participation, please add your voice to this campaign. We are inviting individuals and organisations to lend their support - name and organisation - to help build momentum and signal the importance of this issue.

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