One in Five New Jobs in Past Decade Went to a Brit, New Report Reveals
The think tank said 2.5 million non-EU workers and 734,000 Britons joined PAYE since 2014, while UK-born employment fell in most regions.
- British nationals accounted for one-fifth of payroll gains since 2014, according to analysis by the Centre for Social Justice . Some 734,000 British nationals were added to the system, vastly outnumbered by 2.5 million non-EU nationals.
- The CSJ's State of Dependency report warns successive governments used low-skilled migration to plug labour market gaps rather than addressing regional economic failure. This approach masked slower GDP growth per person across the UK.
- Across nine of 12 regions, jobs held by British nationals fell between 2020 and 2025. In London, 407,000 non-EU nationals joined the Paye system while UK nationals declined by 26,500; Scotland saw more than 153,000 foreign nationals added.
- Welfare reform, immigration, and regional growth must now be treated as interconnected policy challenges. Successive governments have used Welfare spending to compensate economically struggling communities rather than creating conditions for prosperity.
- Sir Iain Duncan Smith, the Conservative former work and pensions secretary who chaired the CSJ investigation, said "The report shows that this crisis extends beyond the benefit system." Addressing these interconnections is now essential.
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Four in five new jobs in Britain taken by migrants, damning report finds
Four in five jobs created in Britain since 2014 have gone to foreign nationals, while the number of migrants also claiming out-of-work benefits has risen by 2.3 million, according to a damning new think tank report.Analysis by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) found payroll employment increased by around 3.7 million between 2014 and the end of 2025. Of those additional jobs, 734,000 went to British nationals, compared with 408,000 to EU nation…
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Britons account for one-fifth of payroll jobs over last decade, analysis claims
Some 734,000 British nationals were added to HMRC’s pay as you earn system between 2014 and the end of 2025, the Centre for Social Justice said.
The latest figures show that fewer and fewer EU immigrants are finding work in the UK. Britons are also only getting one-fifth of new jobs in the market.
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