Public sector workers 'must have fluent English'

[les_taxi]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33750709

Why I voted Tory

[stevewool]

Is this an early April fools joke?

[Michael Parnham]

Great news, would like to see more of this type of requirement!

[Arthur Little]

Beginning next month ... ALL potential Council employees - and NHS staff - will require to demonstrate a level of proficiency in language skills ... expected to be equivalent to GCSE at Grade C or above.

Police Officers, Social Workers and, naturally, those aspiring to be recruited into the Teaching Profession will also be affected by these New Rules ... which form part of the Government's Immigration Bill in its efforts to improve standards of communication skills.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33750709

[raynaputi]

Arthur, I just merged your thread with Les's

[Arthur Little]

Arthur, I just merged your thread with Les's

Ah, ... he and I were obviously drawn to the same subject [almost] simultaneously ...

[Dedworth]

Long overdue - the idiots who allowed illiterate third world trash and Eastern Europeans into these jobs in the first place should be sacked. Public facing is not far enough it should be all public sector workers