Number of people in work was 63000 lower in moment quarter and nearly 75% of employment growth was among non-UK nationalsEmployment opportunities in Britain’s stalling labour market are largely going to workers from the rest of the European Union,according to the latest official data showing a moment monthly increase in the number of people out of work.
Highlighting the impact of the enlargement of the EU since the turn of the millennium to include former Soviet bloc countries, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said almost three-quarters of the employment growth in the past year was accounted for by non-UK citizens.
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Source: theguardian.com