Chancellor attacked by Labour MPs for failing to acknowledge his target will only be met by increasing number of original jobs and finding migrants to fill themGeorge Osborne came under fire from MPs on Tuesday for refusing to admit that he plans to rely on a strong rise in net immigration to achieve a budget surplus at the conclude of the parliament.
The chancellor said the increase in jobs over the next five years would be taken mainly by Britons, despite figures from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) last week showing the government would need to nearly double net immigration to hit its target of a £10bn surplus in 2020.
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Source: theguardian.com