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According to the United Nations it is 18%, being worst in London, the North and North East. This is "functional illiteracy" defined as being "unable to cope with the demands of modern life". This would imply that a higher standard is required in an advanced society than in one less so. There is also the question of how many of these alleged 8 million are native English speakers. I am a social worker living in London and I rarely meet anyone who is not a recent immigrant who is iiliterate, although many people require assistance with filling in 50 page forms, appealing against innumerable parking fines and increasing bureaucratic intrusion into normal life. There is a high circulation of newspapers- some of which are perhaps aimed at the functionally illterate- but even these require a basic ability. Even if children do not complete school, the leaving age was formerly 14, which was sufficient for most people to learn to read. Many children are able to read Harry Potter from the age of 7, but whether they could fill in an IB50 Benefit Review Form is perhaps a different question. The UK was 14th from a group of 20 industrial countries in the number of adults reading at least one book a week. This may be due to the better quality of television and other media in Britain. So I wonder who the UN have been talking to ? -Mark Francis

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