I’ve just read about this on the BBC website.
QCA, the UK exam regulators, say the changes will make the maths A level more manageable for students, but deny that it will be easier. But the primary reason for the review was because students found the course too difficult - so it will be easier.
The article states that ‘there is more pure maths in the syllabus’ - by pure maths they simply mean revision of the algebra and trigonometry that students did not understand at GCSE level.