Facts and Figures

Adults with poor basic skills are:

• Most likely to end up in low-paid work
   
• Twice as likely to have been made redundant or sacked from their first job
   
• Four times more likely to experience long-term unemployment
   
• 49 out of 50 jobs are closed to people with very low basic skills
   
• More likely to have children with basic skills needs

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