NEWS

Migrate to the UK could face English tests under proposals being considered by a commission advising the government that identifies the inability to speak the language the single biggest barrier to social integration in the country.The proposal is one of the most controversial features of an interim report being published by the Commission on Integration and Social Cohesion, which was set up last year in the wake of the July 7 London bombings.The report identifies the inability to speak English as the single biggest barrier preventing migrants from integrating successfully in Britain.