Economics degree

I am planning to take A level economics, geography, french and core maths. I cannot take A level maths as it is in the same option block as geography. I am not yet fully sure what job I want to do but I would be interested in economics and french degree or teaching or maybe business management and french. I have read that for economics you need A level maths for good universities, would core maths be accepted? Is my A level combination Ok to keep these 3 options open?

I'm applying to do economics this year at university and I would definitely do A-Level Maths if you are planning on doing an economics degree at a Russell Group uni. Most of them will Maths as part of their entry requirements and I'm grateful that I took Maths for this reason. I do know of a friend who went to York to do Economics and he did core maths instead of A Level maths. He is struggling a lot with the maths that he is doing with his degree so I wouldn't say that core maths is a good alternative but at the end of the day it is better than nothing!

Thank you for the replies, I know maths is very important for economics but in my school it is in the same block as geography which I really want to take as I loved it at GCSEs and got an 8 last year. I am not really keen to change school as I don't want to commute and loose my friends. I just want to know if core maths as fourth option is going to help to get into Russel group or if it is useless

Thank you for the replies, I know maths is very important for economics but in my school it is in the same block as geography which I really want to take as I loved it at GCSEs and got an 8 last year. I am not really keen to change school as I don't want to commute and loose my friends. I just want to know if core maths as fourth option is going to help to get into Russel group or if it is useless