[EDLING:210] UK: Bosses may pay for migrants' English

[Francis M. Hult]

Telegraph

Bosses may pay for migrants' English

Employers will be told to pay for language lessons for immigrant workers who 
have a poor grasp of English, under proposals to be unveiled this week.

The Government-appointed commission to improve the integration of ethnic groups 
will conclude that it is vital that everyone settling in Britain should be able 
to speak English. Too many groups rely on their native languages and are 
consequently uncomfortable with public services and people outside their 
community, its report is set to say.

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