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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LIFE IN THE UK TEST
115. The speaking and listening qualification must be secure, robust and generally available in the UK. We will consider these criteria over the coming months and will publish details of acceptable speaking and listening qualifications early next year. An applicant who presented, and had accepted, an English language qualification at B1 level or above in connection with a previous application to the UK Border Agency should be able to continue to rely on the qualification as evidence of B1 level speaking and listening skills, provided that no doubts have arisen about its genuineness.

So does this mean I won't have to retake the English Language test even if the test result/certificate expires (based on the result I had last year, which is an overall band score of 7)?

Okay, just quoting this again..I just checked the cost of taking an IELTS again..it's £156!!!

I hope I won't have to retake the test if I already got a B1 and above rating in my previous applications...