20 years of the UK citizenship test: but would you pass it?
Update: 2025-10-30
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For 20 years people wishing to settle in the UK and gain British citizenship, have had to pass the Life in the UK test, alongside steps including living here for 5 years and proving knowledge of English, Welsh or Scots Gaelic.
Its questions span history, politics and culture but are they the right ones? Lucy Watson speaks tries them out on Political Editor Robert Peston, who explains why the test was introduced in 2005 and the current context.
Sunder Katwala is the Director of think-tank British Future and shares some suggestions of how the test and awarding citizenship could be reimagined.
Its questions span history, politics and culture but are they the right ones? Lucy Watson speaks tries them out on Political Editor Robert Peston, who explains why the test was introduced in 2005 and the current context.
Sunder Katwala is the Director of think-tank British Future and shares some suggestions of how the test and awarding citizenship could be reimagined.
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