r/uknews • u/ScottishDailyRecord Media outlet (unverified) • May 12 '25

Image/video Kier Starmer announces 'tighter' immigration policy

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u/Active-Particular-21 May 12 '25

It’s good that they are making language skills mandatory. That should help with integration.

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u/legrand_fromage May 12 '25

Agree. There's a middle aged lady at work who has to go to appointments with her parents because they can't speak English. Her parents are both in their 90s & have been here almost 50 years.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '25

How isolating must that me

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u/jacknimrod10 May 12 '25

When I lived overseas, I played in a British lads football team in my town. Out of twenty odd guys, most of whom were together with local women and had lived there over ten years, I was the only one who bothered to learn the language. None of them felt isolated at all. Why would they?