Nearly one in three children in a major UK city do not speak English as their first language, new statistics show. The city is home to more asylum seekers than any other local authority across the ...

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The new rules stipulate that migrants will be required to take a Secure English Language Test (SELT), administered by a Home Office-approved provider. (Bloomberg) Migrants to the UK will be required ...

Some migrants wey dey come UK must sabi speak English to A-level standard, dis dey come under one tougher new rules wey govment wan introduce. Di changes, wey go come into force from 8 January 2026, ...

Tougher requirements for speaking, listening, reading and writing will be needed for certain visas as part of the Government's immigration white paper measures, which are designed to reduce reliance ...

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in the UK, under plans announced by the new home secretary. Shabana Mahmood has announced plans to raise the standard of English required from the ...

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood said migrants must have English to A-level standard to work in the UK. (Getty Images) Migrants will need English to A-level standard to work in the UK from the beginning ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Home Office has announced tougher English language rules that will require immigrants to the UK to achieve ...

Some migrants coming to the UK will need to speak English to an A-level standard under tougher new rules set to be introduced by the government. The changes, which will come into force from 8 January ...

“Let's be more like Switzerland!” exclaimed one excited activist at the Lib-Dem conference this week. I had a momentary mental flash of the stunt-happy Sir Ed Davey flying out of a cuckoo clock ...