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1,948 sponsor licences revoked in 2024-25 — highest on record●Care worker visa route under review — new salary thresholds expected Q2 2026●Home Office compliance visits up 34% year-on-year●SOC code changes effective April 2026 — check your CoS assignments●Right to Work checks: digital verification now mandatory for all new hires●Sponsor licence processing times reduced to 6 weeks average●NHS workforce vacancies: 78,330 unfilled roles — Jan 2026●New genuine vacancy test guidance published by Home Office●1,948 sponsor licences revoked in 2024-25 — highest on record●Care worker visa route under review — new salary thresholds expected Q2 2026●Home Office compliance visits up 34% year-on-year●SOC code changes effective April 2026 — check your CoS assignments●Right to Work checks: digital verification now mandatory for all new hires●Sponsor licence processing times reduced to 6 weeks average●NHS workforce vacancies: 78,330 unfilled roles — Jan 2026●New genuine vacancy test guidance published by Home Office●
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The Sponsorship Files — UK Immigration Investigated

The Sponsorship Files is an AI-native documentary podcast produced by Sponsor ComplIANS that investigates the UK immigration system. From sponsor licence revocations and visa policy changes to NHS workforce crises, net migration data, and the human consequences of enforcement — every episode is built on primary source evidence. Every claim is traced to a Home Office dataset, ONS estimate, court judgment, parliamentary debate, or FOI response.

With over 30,000 downloads and 11 planned series arcs covering 97 episodes, The Sponsorship Files is the most comprehensive source-cited investigation into UK sponsor licence enforcement, immigration data, and workforce policy available in podcast format.

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30,000+
Downloads
97
Planned Episodes
11
Series Arcs
Why This Podcast Exists

The Biggest Story in British Public Policy

In the year ending June 2025, the Home Office revoked 1,948 sponsor licences — more than double the previous year and more than the entire five-year period from 2019 to 2024 combined. An estimated 34,000 health and care workers are navigating visa limbo. 78,330 care roles sit vacant. The Immigration Salary List is set to expire on 31 December 2026, which could close the health worker route entirely.

This is one of the biggest stories in British public policy. The Sponsorship Files exists because no single person can process the volume of documents required to tell it properly. AI can.

Series Arcs

11 Arcs. 97 Episodes. Every Claim Source-Cited.

Sponsor licence enforcement and court cases, including the Southcroft Healthcare judgment where a single wrong SOC code on 97 Certificates of Sponsorship triggered mandatory revocation.
Key Data Points

Statistics from the Podcast's Research

1,948

Sponsor licences revoked in YE June 2025 — highest on record

898,000

Net migration to the UK in YE June 2023 — highest on record

78,330

Care roles unfilled as of January 2026

34,000

Health and care workers estimated in visa limbo

~50%

Sponsor licence applications now fail (refusal rate 2025–26)

59%

Salary threshold increase: £26,200 → £41,700 (2023–2025)

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