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The Government is facing mounting embarrassment after it emerged that tens of thousands of migrants may have been waved into Britain despite failing mandatory English language exams, following a major marking blunder at the Home Office.
Up to eighty thousand people who took the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exams, administered by the British Council, were given incorrect results.
Many were handed passing grades even though they had failed, a failure that critics say exposes a shocking lack of oversight by Labour’s immigration system.
The errors were blamed by IELTS on a technical fault in the marking of listening and reading papers. Although the organisation insists that only one per cent of exams were impacted, this still equates to nearly seventy eight thousand results. Crucially, the mistake remained unnoticed for more than a year, allowing many to secure study or work visas they did not qualify for.
IELTS has since contacted those affected, corrected scores and issued apologies. However, the damage has already been done. Many migrants with a poor command of English are now legally living, studying or working in Britain due to a failure that opponents say Labour should have detected far sooner.
Cheating Scandals Allowed to Flourish
Adding to the embarrassment, separate investigations by the Telegraph have uncovered organised cheating operations in China, Bangladesh and Vietnam, where criminal networks have been selling leaked exam papers to migrants seeking UK visas.
In Bangladesh, police arrested two suspects accused of charging between one thousand and two thousand five hundred pounds for stolen test papers. In Vietnam, the British Council was forced to scrap an exam at the last moment amid fears of a leak. Attempts to trade stolen materials have also been detected in China.
Despite these clear warnings of fraud, critics argue that Labour’s Home Office failed to tighten security around English language testing, leaving the system wide open to exploitation.
Some UK universities have now suspended recruitment from Bangladesh and Pakistan because of widespread abuses of the visa process, another headache for Labour as accusations of lax border control grow louder.
NHS and Universities Feeling the Strain
Pressure is increasing on the Government following warnings that poor English among overseas workers and students is putting institutions at risk.
Lecturers have complained that as many as seventy per cent of foreign students do not have the language skills required, yet universities continue to admit them because of lucrative international fees.
Coroners have issued similarly stark warnings in the NHS and care sectors. In one tragic case, a care worker with no language qualifications reportedly confused the words breathing and bleeding and alert and alive when speaking to emergency services, contributing to a fatal outcome. Critics say Labour has ignored repeated red flags about dangerous gaps in English proficiency.
Fury from Opposition
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said the revelations showed how badly Labour has mishandled immigration and integration.
“Nearly a million people in England and Wales cannot speak English well or at all, and now we learn that up to seventy eight thousand people may have been granted visas on the basis of incorrect tests,” he said. “Those who came here improperly must be removed. Labour cannot continue to ignore the catastrophic consequences of their failure.”
British Council Under Pressure as Labour Faces Scrutiny
The British Council, which shares ownership of IELTS with Cambridge University Press and Assessment and the education company IDP, is already struggling financially. It still owes one hundred and ninety seven million pounds from a Covid era loan and could face further strain if compensation claims arise from the exam fiasco.
Meanwhile, the Home Office is preparing to award an eight hundred and sixteen million pound contract for future English language testing. Labour is now under pressure to prove it can safeguard the process after presiding over what critics describe as an extraordinary collapse of basic quality control.
In a statement, IELTS insisted the issue had been identified and resolved and said current exams are unaffected. But for many, the admission has come far too late, and the spotlight is now firmly on the Home Office for failing to spot the problem before tens of thousands of migrants entered the country on faulty results.
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