economics or economics & maths?

I take economics, maths, further maths, and physics as my a-levels and although I enjoy further maths, it does bring my overall grades down quite a bit because I'm scoring B's and I'm starting to think it might not be for me - especially if I'm thinking of going to unis such as lse, ucl or warwick.

Rn I was thinking of taking only economics but are people who take only economics employable? I've heard of people not getting jobs because they take only econ and not something like stats/maths which companies are looking out for so is it worth keeping and getting my further maths grade up or quitting? I enjoy doing further maths but I wouldn't say I'm very good at it. Will I be able to get into these unis without further maths?

I'm afraid LSE requires further maths for its BSc Economics course. UCL and Warwick don't explicitly require it, but I think it's fair to say that applicants without it are less competitive.

Whether obtaining a higher average grade outweighs the cost of not having FM for Warwick and UCL, I'm afraid nobody here will be able to give you completely robust answer. So it might be worth asking the admissions teams at these institutions.

Although it's worth also considering that beyond making a candidate's application more competitive for economics, FM A-level will also help actually undertaking an economics degree given the overlap in some of the content.

In terms of how employable graduates from straight economics degrees are, obviously this varies hugely. But given, on average, economics grads earn the second most of any degree subject, and that places like LSE/UCL/Warwick would be right at the top of this earnings distribution, I wouldn't say you have much to worry about on this front. In terms of companies looking for maths/stats skills rather than knowledge of economics, I think this largely depends on what jobs you're thinking of pursuing after university. If you're thinking about being a quant/data scientist/some trading roles/actuary/etc then perhaps economics isn't the degree that best prepares you for these pursuits. But straight economics degrees do largely set graduates up well for fairly desirable careers like investment banking, equity research, strategy consulting, economic consulting, macro research, private equity, asset management, civil service, etc.

thanks for the answer! What would you recommend taking for roles such as quant? would economics and maths be helpful in that matter?