British Army intelligence new recruits only read to the same standard of an eight-year-old

Army spy regiments suffer as hundreds of new recruits have the reading age of eight year olds

• Third of those joining up can only read as well as a child of 11
• Around 39 per cent struggle to do maths aimed at primary school pupils
• Education standards being blamed for short-staffing in some units

 
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