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UK migrants to face 'patriotic' citizenship test
Theresa May to introduce more 'British cultural test' for migrants, with less emphasis on knowing human rights and reading the gas meter


Migrants wishing to become UK citizens must take a multiple choice test. A new emphasis is now being put on 'Britishness'. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters
Migrants applying for a British passport will soon have to be able to recite the first verse of God Save the Queen, under an overhaul of the UK citizenship test this autumn.

They could also be tested on their knowledge of Winston Churchill, Lord Byron, Florence Nightingale and William Shakespeare, as well as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, before they can qualify to become a British citizen.

The stronger emphasis on traditional British history is part of a move by the home secretary, Theresa May, to a more "patriotic guide" for migrants who want to settle in the UK before they can qualify for a passport.

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