Posted on October 31, 2007
Half of new jobs go to migrants
More than half of new jobs created under Labour since 1997 have gone to foreign workers, it has emerged
The government had previously claimed the majority of new jobs had been filled by British workers.
This appeared to be supported by figures released on Monday, despite the government admitting it had underestimated the number of migrants.
But it later put out a clarification suggesting 52% - or 1.1 million - of new jobs created had gone to migrants.
BBC economics editor Evan Davies said the figures were “a major admission for a government that has been going on about British jobs for British workers”.
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