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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>The Independent</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>End to free language classes for immigrants</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>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 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">England</st1:place></st1:country-region> 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.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Full story:</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/end-to-free-language-classes-for-immigrants-2329186.html</P></DIV></BODY></HTML>