Report calls on employers to meet cost of migrant English lessons

Ministers were today urged to reconsider their plans to restrict access to free English language classes for migrants in a government-commissioned report on integration. The report urged the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) to review the way it plans to allocate funds for English for Speakers of Other Languages (Esol) over the coming academic year to ensure there was adequate provision.

Thursday, 14th June 2007
The Guardian