News round up: Learn English or lose benefits, say Tories

Immigrants who struggle to speak English will lose benefits under Tory plans

Immigrant workers and foreign-born citizens who struggle to speak English will be denied benefits unless they accept language lessons, under plans unveiled by the Conservatives.

Read more on this story in The Daily Telegraph

Tories propose ‘boot camps’ for unemployed

Young people could be put into employment “boot camps” rather than given benefits for staying at home, under a new Conservative initiative to force the work-shy into jobs.

Read more on this story in The Financial Times

Overcoming youth crime starts at home

Hardly a day passed over the Bank Holiday without a violent incident involving young people. No wonder there is concern about youth crime. Five key pieces of legislation and an estimated £2.9 billion have been spent on trying to curb youth crime.

Read more on this story in The Times

Woman with brain disorder arrested and locked up because police thought she was drunk

A woman who suffers from a disease which causes balance problems was thrown into a cell  –  because police mistakenly thought she was drunk.

Read more on this story in The Daily Mail

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