The National Literacy Trust have warned that 6.6 million adults in England have "very poor literacy skills". But in 2021, the Government found: "White working-class pupils have been let down by decades of neglect and muddled policy thinking". https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/203/education-committee/news/156024/forgotten-white-workingclass-pupils-let-down-by-decades-of-neglect-mps-say/ #politics #uk #england #scotland #wales #books #education #news #racism #yearofreading