on in life. and we have that, then we'll come back with a detailed plan to deliver it. the prime minister says an "anti—maths mindset" is holding the economy back, as he announces a review of the subject being taught until 18 in england. mr sunak says a group of advisers, including mathematicians and business representatives, will examine the "core maths content" taught in schools. for reaction to this let's talk to thangam debbonaire, shadow leader at the house of commons. thank you forjoining us, good afternoon to you, this is a no—brainer, we should be doing more to teach maths better and for longer, no? {iii to teach maths better and for longer. no?— to teach maths better and for loner, no? u, , , ., , longer, no? of course we should, but this feels very — longer, no? of course we should, but this feels very much _ longer, no? of course we should, but this feels very much like _ longer, no? of course we should, but this feels very much like groundhog l this feels very much like groundhog day all over a day because rishi sunak is announced this in my memory at least once already. what we don't

need is yet another consultation, what we actually need is more teachers right now. children's education, if you want to inspire children and make them feel like maths is something that they can enjoy, we need good maths teachers, we are short of teachers, short of maths teachers. if rishi sunak really wants to transform our education, he could pick up labour's plan right now, polish the tax status, charitable tax status private schools enjoy and use that to fund the recruitment of extra teachers, including maths teachers. it also showed each what they do and it also showed each what they do and i have to say, that it is in my own patch, when they talk to me they say they don't feel that this government is the back at all. and that is what we really need and that is what a labour government would bring. what i do said there were tax cuts that could found six and i've thousand teachers, could that be enough, would be not have to make deeper cuts elsewhere, nothing comes for free? it would be a good start and i have to say, it's not a cut say that we want to abolish the charitable status of private schools. just make sure they cannot be treated as exempt from paying tax. i think it's important that we see schools as a

resource of children, there are some amazing teachers out there, but they do not feel valued. and they are covering for their colleagues, trying to cover the cracks when colleagues leave and they don't feel like they can make it work any more. and i know, from my own schools, they are not managing to cope with some of the additional strains. so we really need rishi sunak, if you want to take action, to start in the teaching recruitment right away it. for minute i pointed out that schools in the uk are going up in international league tables, does that not tell us that he is doing something right?— that not tell us that he is doing something right? when i speak to schools in my _ something right? when i speak to schools in my local— something right? when i speak to schools in my local patch - something right? when i speak to schools in my local patch they - something right? when i speak to schools in my local patch they tellj schools in my local patch they tell me of the strain that they are under, i have pupils and parents who are worried sick about whether or not their children had done i have had a chance to recover from gaps not their children had done i have had a chance to recoverfrom gaps in education, from the use of the covid crisis, i know of crises in that covid recovery package, we would make sure that children are getting access to the children dummy teaching they need to make up lost time and inspire them about the future. and there is perfectly sensible first steps rishi sunak could be taking today, instead we just got a rehashed package which

feels awfully like he is trying to distract us over here from something thatis distract us over here from something that is going on over the other side of the room stop that is just not on, that is not fair and it's not how we should be treating children's education it is too important that. it is notjust about education it is too important that. it is not just about teachers, turning back the clock, when labour were in power, spending for schools went up 78 percentage points, but at the same time british schools in league tables went down. so there is more to this than just teaching, is in there? it more to this than 'ust teaching, is in there? , ,., ., more to this than 'ust teaching, is in there? , ., ., ., in there? it is important also that schools have _ in there? it is important also that schools have the _ in there? it is important also that schools have the resources - in there? it is important also that schools have the resources that l in there? it is important also that. schools have the resources that they need and under the labour government within the building schools for future programme which made schools i can point to it in my own local patch got built or refurbished with high—tech, new, good quality equipment and resources, for teachers to do the best possible job they could. we are just not seeing that. what i'm seeing at the moment is buckets and the leaky roofs, we are right back there again, we have seen teachers who feel stretched to breaking point and we talk to parents all the time who just feel like that children are not getting an education that they so badly need

and deserve and particularly in the covid recovery phase, which i'm afraid to say thatjust hasn't become a reality for far too many children and a labour government would do different choices, but rishi sunak are still letting our children down financing a consultation rather than real action. ., ~' ,, , consultation rather than real action. ., ~ , . ., action. thank you very much for “oininu action. thank you very much for joining us- _ joining us from our millbank studio, munira wilson, liberal democrat's education spokesperson and mp for twickenham. you have called this an insult, when you say that?— you have called this an insult, when you say that? what we're seeing here a rehashed announcement _ you say that? what we're seeing here a rehashed announcement which - you say that? what we're seeing here a rehashed announcement which is i a rehashed announcement which is devoid of any substance, whatsoever, frankly, an admission of failure stop liberal democrats are at a measure children and country, but this is an admission that, when you look at younger children, when they are leaving primary school, we have seen the number of children who are leaving at the required standard, going into secondary school, is falling, we need to fix the problems at a younger age, in terms of making sure that our children are getting

the mass education they need and critically the maths teachers are just not there, for the last five years this government has missed its maths recruitment targets, it is cut them to try to meet them, they still have missed those targets, we are 3000 maths teachers are short stop when i asked the government earlier this year, the first on the announced this policy, how many maths teachers they estimated they would need to recruit, they didn't have a clue and they didn't have an answer. what makes a what with the liberal democrats do in this situation? think we would need to be thinking more broadly, a great opportunity to think about the curriculum that we are offering our children right up to the age of 18, there are lots of people across political parties and many experts out there, in the times and getting commitment, who say we do need to be making a much broader offer to children, after the age of 18, saw a missed opportunity, to look at something like that and i would like to seek is working across the party to seek is working across the party to seek is working across the party to see how we can design a better curriculum fits for all children and actually making sure we are

investing properly and things like the covid catch up, make sure younger children are hitting their maths targets. frankly, when i go into schools at the moment, they are struggling to even do the basics, teachers are really stressed and strained, schools mics constituency and across the country having to lay off support staff, who often support children with additional needs, they are having children coming to school hungry, children with terrible mental health problems and so teachers are often having to focus on those issues rather than actually focusing on teaching. if we were funding our schools properly and allowing teachers to teach, that would be a very good start. rice i do accept your point that we are talking about younger education here, but what i looking at educational broadly, when the liberal democrats were in collision in coalition, there was a decrease in coalition, there was a decrease in grants, the higher education funding councilfor in grants, the higher education funding council for england in grants, the higher education funding councilfor england said they had seen the first real—time falls total income in the whole

sector 94—. .. falls total income in the whole sector 94“... since 1994 to falls total income in the whole sector 94—... since 1994 to 1995 also isn't it hypocritical by the lib dems are sitting here and preaching about any more money on education? hat preaching about any more money on education? ., , , education? not in the slightest, actually when — education? not in the slightest, actually when liberal _ education? not in the slightest, j actually when liberal democrats education? not in the slightest, - actually when liberal democrats were in government it was thanks to the lib dems are policies that we may be priority of investing in our most disadvantaged children by traditions and they called the pupil premium. that has been cut in real terms since we left government and actually, when you look at things like maths results, for our primary schoolchildren, leaving primary school, that disadvantage gap has been growing in recent years, since we left government, because the government has been letting down some of our poorest and most needy children. we know that a priority, front page of our manifesto, winter invented it in government and the conservatives are letting our most needed children down.— conservatives are letting our most needed children down. thank you so much forjoining _ needed children down. thank you so much forjoining us. _ more than two years after the military seized power

in myanmar, deposing the government led by aung san suu kyi, the country is trapped in a civil war. its economy is collapsing and the army is increasingly reliant on the air force to attack rebel—held areas. one such attack last week is believed to have killed at least 140 people. 0ur south east asia correspondent jonathan head has been allowed to visit myanmar for the first time since the coup. he sent us this report, but i should say his movements were restricted to a limited number of places, and he was barred from contacting anyone in the opposition. much of myanmar is off—limits to visitors these days, but the military government did allow us to come here to inle lake, in shan state — in normal times, one of the country's most popular destinations. it's very quiet now. interviewing people directly is risky. you can be arrested for saying anything deemed negative. but the boatmen we met told us times have never been harder. "we never dreamt it would get this bad," they said. "we used to have freedom,

then it ended so suddenly." well, we've been to several places along the lake and so far, i've seen only three other foreigners. for an area that is so dependent on it, the collapse of tourism here has been catastrophic — the economy is in terrible shape. and it's worse than that for people living around here, because they say they have a deep, abiding loyalty to aung san suu kyi. they don't like the military takeover — although they don't say that openly — and they're worried that the armed groups resisting the military regime are operating closer and closer to the lake. "what we need," said one of them, "is peace". but there's little peace in myanmar. gunfire south of the lake, anti—coup insurgents were battling the army just two weeks before we arrived. in retaliation, more than 20 civilians were lined up against the walls of this

monastery and shot. we were passing through a village called tangtong and we know that there was a clash between a volunteer militia here, anti—military, and the armed forces earlier this year and a number of people were arrested. it was the first time they had armed clashes in this pretty popular tourist area and it shows just how widespread this insurgency has become. no—one in the market wanted to talk about it, though. instead, they complained about rocketing inflation, of not enough people spending money. back in yangon, there is an air of normality. yet, barricades surrounding the city hall hint at the underlying insecurity. there is still occasional ambushes and assassination attempts. thousands of political prisoners are still being held,

many behind this gate at insein prison. one of them, a veteran activist released last november, was the only person willing to speak to us openly. translation: if the right to protest was restored i today, people would fill the streets again tomorrow. from past experience, we know the people of myanmar will never accept any form of dictatorship. while on the lake, we were taken to one of myanmar�*s most revered pagodas. in the past, it would've been packed with visitors praying for good fortune. the crowds are much thinner now. a woman approached me and warned me to be careful. "it's not safe since the coup," she said. "we wish we could go back to how it was before." it's a forlorn hope. their military rulers keep telling them that there is no turning back. jonathan head, bbc news,

inle lake, myanmar. now it's time for a look at the weather. this week is by comparison are looking a lot quieter. for many of us nothing really significant in the way of rain to come until at least the end of the week, could get lively into the weekend, head, but sunshine will not always guarantee you warmth. high pressure to cross scandinavia is what will bring the dry weather but also will mean easterly winds across the uk and thatis easterly winds across the uk and that is a chilly direction at this time of year. by the end of the week, he the ceiling is becoming a little livelier towards the south—east. forthe little livelier towards the south—east. for the here and now, the easterly breeze, bringing in a line of low cloud, mist and murk of the north sea, through the night, some quite grey starts initially across the east and half of the uk. brightest first thing in the west, overnight lows somewhere between four and 8 degrees. 0n

overnight lows somewhere between four and 8 degrees. on tuesday, heiss still across scandinavia, easterly winds are still affecting the southern half of the uk, a little weather system in the uk in the north sea, ushering in thick cloud later in the day. but much of the early missed will burn off and ljy the early missed will burn off and by the middle of the day almost wall—to—wall sunshine. come the afternoon, take a cloud into the south—east and it could produce one or two showers. why is that easterly when the so—called at this time of year chrysler ? 7 not ? not see is pretty cold, temperatures in the water are around 8 or 9 degrees and those of the figures we will see along some of the spots are not seacoast. towards the spots are not seacoast. towards the west, in the sunshine, with some shelter from the easterly breeze, 15, 610, i7 shelter from the easterly breeze, 15, 610, 17 degrees is possible and it will feel quite warm. high pressure across scandinavia as we look at wednesday and thursday, still some little bits and pieces of thick cloud being picked up in the north sea, chances of some showers

perhaps further south across the southern counties of england on wednesday and favouring the south—west and later into the afternoon. but a lot of sunshine as we look further north. again, on the cooler side, we look further north. again, on the coolerside, but we look further north. again, on the cooler side, but towards the west and with shelter, top temperatures sitting in the mid—teens. and then for the rest of the week, it's all downhill from thursday onwards, becoming unsettled in the south, through friday and then rain spreading into most part of the uk in time for the weekend.

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