Claim: The UK has the lowest literacy rates in its history
Fact-check: Telegraph columnist wrongly claims literacy at the lowest level in UK history - Full Fact
Verdict: false. literacy is currently about 99%. in the past, it has been as low as about 5%. adult and child literacy appear to have either stayed stable or improved over recent decades.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2021-06-03T00:00:00