CrystalRaindrops — 10 months ago(May 13, 2025 01:26 AM)

Keir Starmer
@Keir_Starmer
If you want to live in the UK, you should speak English. That’s common sense.
So we’re raising English language requirements across every main immigration route.
6:19 AM · May 12, 2025 · 19.5M Views
https://x.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1921872765428109714
Migrants who want to come to the UK for work will have to speak fluent English under Labour’s latest immigration crackdown.
Under plans due to be published next week, people applying for a UK work visa will have to demonstrate they can speak English to A-level standard.
Home Office officials have decided that the current standard, which is equivalent to a foreign language GCSE, is too low for people to fully integrate.
The new standard, equivalent to a foreign language A-level, will allow people to express themselves “fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions”, The Times first reported.
Applicants will also have to demonstrate the ability to write detailed text on complex subjects.
Responding to the reports on Thursday, the prime minister’s spokesperson said the government was focussed on “bringing down the last government’s record high and tackling the root causes behind it”.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/migrants-uk-english-immigration-residency-b2747139.html