UK: End to free language classes for immigrants

[Francis Hult]

The Independent

 

End to free language classes for immigrants

 

Thousands of vulnerable women face being priced out of classes that enable them to learn English, under new rules launched tomorrow. Changes to benefit entitlement mean almost 80,000 people across England could lose the right to free language classes, with women representing more than two-thirds of those affected - 58,900 enrolments - according to the Government's own assessment.

 

Full story:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/end-to-free-language-classes-for-immigrants-2329186.html

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