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Foreigners took four in five new UK jobs over the past decade while 2.3 million more Britons were 'written off' on benefits

7 million new payrolled jobs created over the past decade went to a British worker, with 2.5 million positions filled by non-EU migrants, according to a Centre for…
7 million new payrolled jobs created over the past decade went to a British worker, with 2.5 million positions filled by non-EU migrants, according to a Centre for…

Sir Iain Duncan Smith's Centre for Social Justice has found that of 3.7 million new payroll jobs created since 2014, just 734,000 went to British nationals — while 2.5 million went to non-EU migrants and 408,000 to EU citizens. The surge has been sharpest since 2020, when migrant workers on payrolls rose by 2.1 million as the number of Britons receiving out-of-work benefits climbed by 2.3 million over the same period. The annual bill for working-age benefits is now set to hit £136 billion this year, up £50 billion in real terms since 2019-20.

In nine of the UK's 12 regions, the number of British nationals on payrolls actually FELL between 2020 and 2025 — while non-EU numbers rose in every single one.

Duncan Smith warned ministers had repeatedly 'pulled the easy lever of immigration rather than providing a better deal for left-behind communities.'

The report emerges shortly after Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood revealed she faces persistent pressure from fellow Labour ministers to open the door to more foreign workers.

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