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Podcast: The Bunker – News without the nonsense
Episode: Citizen Pain: Would you pass to be British?
Description: The Life in the UK Test is the ultimate barrier to becoming a British citizen. But is it working – and how could we change it? Since its launch in 2001 the test has been criticised for failing to achieve its goal of integration, and making it harder for people to become citizens. Thom Brooks, author of Reforming the UK’s Citizenship Test: Building Bridges, Not Barriers, joins Yasmeen Serhan in the Bunker to ask: is it time for a new approach?
“It’s not so much about building bridges, it’s about creating barriers o...