Latest statistics show EU nationals account for 55% of net jobs growth, but it is too simple to say this is to blame for rise in UK unemployment
Coming three months after a general election in which an avowed anti-migrant party won 3.8m votes, there was inevitably going to be a debate about employment figures showing that EU nationals accounted for about 55% of the net jobs growth in Britain over the past year.
The figures for the three months to June will add fuel to Ukip’s fire. They show the weakening labour market has hit UK-born workers hardest. The number of them employed fell by 170,000. By contrast, the employment of people born abroad but within the EU rose by 85,000, and other foreign workers by 30,000.
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Source: The Guardian Circular Economy RSS