Benefit claimants who cannot speak basic English will see their handouts docked.

[Dedworth]

Jobless face benefit cut unless they learn English: Osborne says basic command of language will be condition of receiving payments

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2349222/Spending-Review-George-Osborne-says-command-English-condition-receiving-jobseekers-allowance.html#ixzz2XVD0SVvZ

No doubt this will be vehemently opposed by Labour - just as disgraceful as the benefit scroungers they support

[andy222]

Why didnt they do it as sooner?

[grahamw48]

Exactly.

20 years late as usual. Idiots. :doh

We need more from the Churchill school of politics in this basket-case of a country right now, and less of the Neville Chamberlains. :NoNo:

Now also approved to receive the red carpet treatment....Croatia, followed by their fellow warring neighbours...Serbia. Happy days ahead.

[Arthur Little]

:poke: ... what the dickens is being done about including the home~grown "artful [work] dodgers" who do speak English (after a fashion! :biggrin:) and ALSO manage to "twist" (puns all intended) THEIR claims to receive benefits?? :icon_rolleyes:

[Dedworth]

Exactly.

20 years late as usual. Idiots. :doh

We need more from the Churchill school of politics in this basket-case of a country right now, and less of the Neville Chamberlains. :NoNo:

Now also approved to receive the red carpet treatment....Croatia, followed by their fellow war-ring neighbours...Serbia. Happy days ahead.

In mitigation 20 years ago we weren't letting in hordes of non english speaking "asylum seekers aka economic migrants" and Eastern European parasites