{"id":2433753,"date":"2025-05-12T15:50:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T19:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/keir-starmer-raises-english-language-requirements-for-future-immigrants\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T15:51:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T19:51:38","slug":"keir-starmer-raises-english-language-requirements-for-future-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/keir-starmer-raises-english-language-requirements-for-future-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Keir Starmer raises English language requirements for future immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkeir-starmer-raises-english-language-requirements-for-future-immigrants%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2433753&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced an increase in English language requirements for future immigrants to the UK, stating that proficiency in English is &#8220;common sense.&#8221; This change is part of a broader immigration reform intended to address the country\u2019s challenges related to a high number of migrants, which Starmer described as a &#8220;failed experiment in open borders.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He emphasized the importance of English for integration and employment prospects, noting that individuals without English skills struggle to find high-skilled jobs. Although there are currently language requirements for immigrants, the new policy aims to ensure better English proficiency across more immigration routes, including assessments of advancement over time.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer&#8217;s declaration has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-visits-wounded-warriors-at-walter-reed-hospital\/\" title=\"Biden Visits Wounded Warriors At Walter Reed Hospital\">sparked mixed reactions<\/a>. Critics, such as Labor MP Zarah Sultana, accused him of echoing divisive rhetoric akin to that of former Conservative MP Enoch powell, while others, including Republican Senator Mike Lee, praised the initiative. The Labour Party\u2019s shift towards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-implements-new-border-security-policies\/\" title=\"Biden admin. implements new border security policies\">stricter immigration policies<\/a> comes amidst rising popularity for the anti-immigration Reform Party.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally,Starmer plans to extend the time for immigrants to qualify for citizenship from five to ten years,introduce degree requirements for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bojos-brexit-blunder-migrant-worker-visas-increase-by-25-per-cent-non-eu-migration-surges\/\" title=\"BoJo&#039;s Brexit Blunder: Migrant Worker Visas Increase by 25 Per Cent, Non-EU Migration Surges\">skilled worker visas<\/a>,and tie immigration increases to labor shortages. Despite potential opposition, Starmer believes that thes changes reflect the majority desire for a fair and controlled immigration system.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Keir Starmer raises English language requirements for future immigrants: &lsquo;That&rsquo;s common sense&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2119712\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>British Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/keir-starmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Keir Starmer<\/a> increased English language standards in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">United Kingdom<\/a> on Monday, saying future immigrants there &ldquo;should speak English&rdquo; and that it&rsquo;s &ldquo;common sense&rdquo; for them to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/immigration-white-paper-to-reduce-migration-and-strengthen-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">raising the requirements<\/a> in concert with an immigration crackdown across the country to end what he called its &ldquo;failed experiment in open borders.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3408518\/emmanuel-macron-train-video-disinformation-campaign-french-enemies\/\">Macron responds to &#8216;disinformation&#8217; spread by viral video<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3408397\/pope-leo-xiv-media-appearance-joke-english\/\">Pope Leo XIV jokes in English, blesses in Latin during first audience with journalists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3408071\/scott-bessent-trade-deal-biden-ignored\/\">Bessent says China &#8216;ignored their obligations&#8217; on trade under Biden<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;If you want to live in the UK, you should speak English,&rdquo; he wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Keir_Starmer\/status\/1921872765428109714\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">in a post <\/a>on X. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s common sense. So we&rsquo;re raising English language requirements across every main immigration route.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Starmer&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >immigration plan cites studies indicating<\/a> that those without English proficiency have a harder time getting a job in the country, particularly jobs deemed &ldquo;high skill.&rdquo; As of 2021, 37% of English speakers in the country have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/g7-summit-woke-agenda-boris-johnson-wants-world-more-feminine-and-gender-neutral\/\" title=\"G7 Summit Woke Agenda: Boris Johnson Wants World More \u2018Feminine\u2019 And \u2018Gender Neutral\u2019\">high-skill jobs<\/a>, while only 4% of those who cannot speak the language or cannot speak it well have high-skill positions.<\/p>\n<p>There are already English requirements imposed on immigrants but the <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/media\/6821aec3f16c0654b19060ac\/restoring-control-over-the-immigration-system-white-paper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">new ones address<\/a> &ldquo;a broader range of immigration routes, for both main applicants and their dependants, to ensure better knowledge of English, including an assessment of improvements over time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The report says a lack of English language skills risks &ldquo;isolation&rdquo; and &ldquo;poor integration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Labour Party Member of Parliament Zarah Sultana <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zarahsultana\/status\/1921908175105663048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">shamed<\/a> Starmer for his &ldquo;anti-migrant rhetoric,&rdquo; claiming some of his words were a reference to former Conservative MP Enoch Powell&rsquo;s divisive speech.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Prime Minister imitating Enoch Powell&rsquo;s &lsquo;Rivers of Blood&rsquo; speech is sickening,&rdquo; she said in a post to X. &ldquo;That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk. Shame on you, Keir Starmer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On the other side of the political spectrum, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) appeared to applaud the move. &ldquo;Starmer wants to Make Great Britain English Again,&rdquo; Lee said <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BasedMikeLee\/status\/1921940473083482201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">in a post<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p>The immigration crackdown is a change from the Labour Party&rsquo;s past. The party had been friendly to migrants in recent years, but the anti-immigration Reform Party is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-uk\/british-public-now-see-reform-main-opposition-over-conservatives-and-believe-farage-more-likely-be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">surging<\/a> in polls as the Labour Party grows unpopular.<\/p>\n<p>The country had 906,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2024\/nov\/28\/net-migration-hit-record-high-of-906000-in-year-to-june-2023-revised-figures-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">migrants enter<\/a> in fiscal 2023 and 728,000 in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer blasted the Conservative Party for the rise in migration as he released his immigration plan.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A one-nation experiment in open borders conducted on a country that voted for control,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Well, no more. Today, this&nbsp;Government is shutting down the lab. The experiment is over. We will deliver what you have asked for &ndash; time and again &ndash; and we will take back control of our borders.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Starmer also plans to double the time it takes for immigrants to qualify for citizenship or for the permanent right to stay from 5 to 10 years. Skilled worker visas will now require a university degree, and any added immigration will depend on labor shortages.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3408604\/campaign-regulators-withhold-money-andrew-cuomo-finance-violations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CAMPAIGN REGULATORS WITHHOLD $600,000 FROM CUOMO OVER FINANCE VIOLATIONS<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The British prime minister acknowledged that the plan is not for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now, some people may even be against that, but I think for the vast majority of people in this country, that is what they have long wanted to see,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;An immigration system that is fair, that works for our national interest, and that restores common sense and control to our borders.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2119712\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2119712\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keir Starmer boosts English language standards for immigrants, stating it&#8217;s &#8220;common sense&#8221; for them to speak English as part of a broader immigration reform<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2433754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Keir-Starmer-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[55095,36382,33714,37154],"class_list":["post-2433753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-english-language-requirements","tag-immigration-policy","tag-keir-starmer","tag-uk-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Keir-Starmer-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2433753"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2433757,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433753\/revisions\/2433757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2433754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2433753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2433753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2433753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}