40,000 jobs at risk as foreign pupils shun UK language schools

Sector faces devastation' by Brexit red tape and from pandemic

Language schools for foreign students are being devastated" by a combination of post-Brexit red tape and the impact of the pandemic, threatening the future of a 3.2bn industry, tourism leaders have warned.

A report by the Tourism Alliance said even though the government had ended Covid travel measures, ministers had imposed unnecessary restrictions on children from France, Germany and other EU nations.