Daily Mail
Number of Britons in work falls by 270,000
The number of Britons in work has fallen sharply in the past two years, Whitehall figures have shown. Despite an economic boom that has created tens of thousands of jobs, the new posts are largely going to migrants. An estimated 540,000 foreigners have found work in Britain over the past 18 months. But at the same time the native workforce has shrunk by 270,000. The disclosure is a fresh embarrassment to ministers who have had to dramatically revise upwards the official figures on migrant workers. The latest numbers - given to MPs by Employment Minister Caroline Flint - show that since spring last year, 330,000 workers from Europe and 210,000 from elsewhere have found employment in the UK.
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