Graham Allen's independent review Early Intervention: The Next Steps is the latest report to highlight language poverty in children. It follows similar findings in the Bercow Report (2008), Sir Jim Rose's primary curriculum review (2009) and Frank Field's review (2010), all of which cite language delay, limited vocabulary and poor comprehension as serious problems.
Language deficit in children hinders their entry into school, social life and employment. A high proportion of young offenders have poor communication skill, which hampers their inclusion in learning programmes for rehabilitation.
The last government committed £12m to address 40 Bercow recommendations and £40m to launch 'Every Child a Talker'. Communications Champion Jean Gross is tasked with supervising this year as 'National Year of Speech Language and Communication'.
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