Four in five new jobs taken by foreigners in last decade
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Four in five jobs created over the past decade have been taken by foreigners, according to a think-tank. According to the Centre for Social Justice, of the 3.7million new roles recorded under the PAYE system since 2014, just 734,000 were taken by UK nationals. During that period, 408,000 jobs went to EU citizens and 2.5 million went to migrants from the rest of the world. The think-tank said that UK taxpayers have been forced to absorb the cost of millions of Brits being left on benefits. 00:00 Nick reacts to the latest stats 01:45 Joe Shalam, Policy Director at the Centre for Social Justice, who published this report, joins Nick 05:56 'How have we got a system where we're having to motivate people to leave their house and come to work?' asks Business Finance Influencer Rachel Harris 09:32 Caller Ilkin, who was born in Azerbaijan but lived in the UK for 20 years, says the stats 'spark hatred' 13:04 Texter Amy says the issue is overseas workers are prepared to take these jobs for le
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