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Friday, December 14, 2012

Every [UK] The Independent - Ed Miliband: Briton in a publicly funded job should speak English

14.12.2012. Britain needs a “comprehensive strategy for integration” to help cope with the pressures of a multi-ethnic society, Labour leader Ed Miliband will say today.

Mr Miliband will admit that Labour made “mistakes” over eastern European immigration when in power, and failed to tackle the growing problem of segregation along racial and ethnic lines in Britain's cities.

He will vow not to sweep public anxieties over British cultural identity under the carpet, and will unveil new policies designed to promote integration in housing, work and use of the English language.

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