Stand Up To Racism are supporting an emergency picket of Downing St this Wednesday 27th January at 6pm!
Many language tutors were shocked and angered to hear Muslims scapegoated in a radio interview by David Cameron for not integrating into British society because they supposedly do not speak English.
He announced £20m ‘extra’ funding for ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) as part of a plan to ‘integrate Muslim women’. This is sheer hypocrisy given the staggering amount of people who are desperate to learn English and are being turned away because of funding cuts by this and the last government Cameron led.
ESOL funding has been cut by £160m since 2008. £45m was cut in the summer two weeks before the start of the new term, on top of the 24% cut to the Adult Skills Budget earlier last year.
It is frustrating to see the PM try to make political capital out of ESOL students when we know the reality is that they are being denied the right to learn English.
Join us this Wednesday 6pm at Downing Street to challenge Cameron’s scapegoating and cuts to ESOL.
Action for Esol Manifesto
