David Cameron has been forced to defend the competency of his government officials after a Home Office press release on English lessons for migrants misspelt the word “language”.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said everyone is “open to mistakes”, adding that he is “fully confident” of his civil servants’ grasp of English.
It comes after the headline of a Home Office policy announcement read: “New English langauge test for family route migrants.”
Just days earlier Mr Cameron had said Muslim women who refused to learn English could be deported.
The Prime Minister said: “You have to be able to speak a basic level of English now to come into the country as a husband or wife.”
The hardline stance came as Mr Cameron announced a new £20m fund to teach Muslim women in the UK to speak English to help counter radicalisation.
The blunder was said to be “beyond parody” and led to a response from Number 10 at a press briefing for Westminster journalists.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “All of us are open to mistakes at times. The Prime Minister is fully confident that his team speak English competently. I`m sure there have been a few errors occasionally in newspapers, too.”
Government announcement demanding migrants learn English misspells the word `language`
23 January 2016
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David Cameron forced to defend his civil servants` competency as `beyond parody` blunder follows Prime Minister`s new hardline stance.
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