New immigrants must speak English, says Ed Miliband

Future Labour government would pass laws to ensure NHS workers can communicate properly with patients, party leader declares

All new immigrants to Britain should be able to speak English, Ed Miliband has said in an apparent attempt to harden Labour’s line on immigration before the general election.

The Labour leader said it was particularly important that doctors, nurses and paramedics working in the NHS were able to communicate properly with patients.

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