Foreigners fill new UK jobs as number of Britons in work falls

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Series Details 1.11.07
Publication Date 01/11/2007
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Article reports that the number of British nationals in work has fallen in the two years 2006-07, as 540,000 foreign workers have replaced them and taken all of the net new jobs created in the economy. The revelation that foreign nationals – not Britons – are filling the jobs in the expanding labour market was described by the Conservatives as 'profoundly disturbing' and may fuel the heated immigration debate.

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BBC News, 1.11.07: Councils seek more migrant funds http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7071612.stm

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