Home Office makes changes to Life in the UK handbook

Home Office makes changes to Life in the UK handbook

The handbooks used by candidates to prepare for the British citizenship test officially known as the Life in the UK test have had minor updates by the Home Office.

The Home Office has modified five pages of text within the handbook, but has refrained from issuing a new edition. The changes were made to correct facts regarding immigration during the 1970s, smoking laws, the structure of the Presbyterian Church and child employment law.

Henry Dillon, editor of Red Squirrel Publishing, which publishes a range of British citizenship test study guides, said that some people with earlier copies of the handbook may be at a disadvantage and should check what has changed.

“Although some of the changes may be obvious, such as the minimum legal age for buying cigarettes, there have been some large changes to the child employment section” Dillon said. “Our study guides include these changes, however if you do own an earlier impression then replacement pages can be download from our website”.

How to download replacement pages

If you have a study guide from Red Squirrel Publishing then you can download replacement pages. This is only necessary if you have:
- Study Guide, third edition - fourth impression or earlier (ISBN 9780955215940)
- Study Guide + CDROM, third edition - second impression or earlier (ISBN 9780955215964)
Click here to start downloading replacement pages