You can also read this article in Welsh. In the year ending September 2022, more than 70,000 people had claimed asylum in the UK. The vast majority were from countries that do not use English as a ...

Teachers have reacted with anger to the prime minister's call for immigrants to take English lessons, arguing that the coalition has cut funds for these classes. At a speech on immigration in ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Public funding for English language lessons is to be channelled towards immigrants who aim to settle in Britain, rather than those here for shorter-term economic reasons. The money must be deployed ...

David Cameron has called for more more Muslim women to learn English to tackle extremism. The promise of a £20 million programme to help those who can't speak English at all finally master the ...

Antonia Puquir (Left) graduating from a PWPL ESOL class. She is pictured beside her daughter (Center) and her tutor, Ellen Schaier (Right). (Contributed photo) Since 2005, the Port Washington Public ...