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National Literacy Trust research used to highlight literacy problems in London
31 May 2011
London's major evening newspaper the Evening Standard has launched a literacy campaign, putting a spotlight on problems across the capital.
Using new research from the National Literacy Trust, the campaign highlights the fact that one in three children in the UK do not own a book of their own.
The research found that children with no books had lower levels of attainment, negative attitudes to reading, and read "less frequently". They were two-and-a-half times more likely to fall below the expected reading level for their age.
Read the Evening Standard's lead article
Read the Evening Standard's feature on literacy in the capital here
You can access our full National Literacy Trust book ownership research report here
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