Unemployed people who cannot speak English will have to show they are learning the language or face losing benefits, the government has announced.
About 40,000 jobless people say their poor English is a barrier to finding employment - and £4.5m is spent on translators in job centres.
Ministers say this money would be better spent on teaching them English.
Welfare minister Jim Murphy said the measures, to come into effect in April, would benefit Britain and individuals.
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