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Home Office gave 275 care worker sponsorship visas to home that didn’t exist

Home Office gave 275 care worker sponsorship visas to home that didn’t exist


The Home Office gave 275 certificates of sponsorship for care workers to a care home that didn’t exist, a damning report into the department has shown.

The probe, by the former borders and immigration inspector David Neal, claimed the Home Office had a “limited understanding” of the care sector after it was added to the UK’s shortage occupation list in 2022 – allowing more people to come to the country to fill jobs.

And as a result, it created a system that “invited large numbers of low-skilled workers to this country who are at risk from exploitation”.

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The report was released on Tuesday afternoon as MPs wrapped up business in parliament for the Easter recess, alongside another into Border Force operations at London City Airport.

In that investigation, Mr Neal highlighted “failings at a local, regional, and national level” over the arrival of private jets, with high-risk flights not being met by Border Force staff.

The figures on how many high-risk flights were met by officials at the most central airport in the capital were redacted, but Mr Neal said the number was “shocking”, adding the issue needed to be addressed by the Home Office “as a matter of urgency”.

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Mr Neal was fired by the Home Office last month after he leaked details of the City Airport report to a newspaper, with the department saying he had “lost the confidence” of Home Secretary James Cleverly.

But the now ex-inspector had repeatedly complained the Home Office was too slow to publish his critical reports, with 15 dating back to April 2023 still unpublished when he was dismissed.

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