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Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republican Mike Graham.

I'm back and guess who wants to be on my show?

That's right, it's the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak.

He's now speaking about how important maths is.

I've got some maths questions for him,

but let's go over right now to North London

and listen to Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, on why maths is so important.

...adulties have numeracy skills below those expected of a nine-year-old, and around a third

of our young people don't pass Maths GCSE. Now, it's not that we're not just good enough

at maths. There's a cultural issue here, too.

I'll be honest, when my two young daughters first heard me talk about them doing more maths,

they weren't too excited.

And that's just it.

We make jokes about not being able to do maths.

It's socially acceptable.

We say things like, oh, maths, I can't do that. It's not for me. And everyone laughs. But we'd never make a joke like that about not being able to read. So we've got to change this anti-maths mindset. We've got to start prising numeracy for what it is. A key skill every bit as essential as reading. So my campaign to

transform our national approach to maths is not some nice to have. It's about changing how we

value maths in our country and changing the way our education system works to deliver it

so that all our children kept these vital skills for life.

Now, parents and teachers listening to this will want to know what that means for our children today.

So let me tell you, we're in the process of making maths more accessible,

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