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A big report from a House of Lords committee says the government needs to focus on improving our numeracy skills from childhood all the way to adulthood. It says we have an ‘intergenerational cycle’ of a lack of confidence in maths. The report points to school leavers ‘trapped in a spiral of GCSE resits’ and says eight million adults have skills below those expected of a nine-year-old. 5 Live listeners share their thoughts with Nicky Campbell.