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FOUR out of FIVE new jobs went to foreigners in the past decade, new report reveals

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OpenScroller · 14/10/2026 16:48

Four in five jobs created over the past decade have been taken by migrants.

Of the 3.7million new roles recorded under the PAYE system since 2014, just 734,000 were taken by UK nationals, a think-tank has found.

EU citizens accounted for 408,000 jobs, while the vast majority – 2.5million – went to migrants from the rest of the world, the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) said, with most of the surge coming since the pandemic.

The think-tank warned that while employers gained 'unprecedented access to overseas labour', taxpayers have been forced to absorb the cost of millions of Britons being 'written off' and left on benefits.

As the number of migrant workers soared by 2.1million from 2020, the number of people receiving out-of-work benefits across the UK rose by 2.3million.

More than one in four (29 per cent) of the jobs that went to migrant workers from outside Europe were in health and social work.

So much for British jobs for British people!

Do we think this is due to Brits being 'too lazy to work' or because of a combination of employers wanting to pay lower wages and offer worse working conditions to migrants/preferring to employ migrants/not wanting to invest in training Brits/diversity hire tick boxes etc.

https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/CSJ-State_of_Dependency.pdf

https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/CSJ-State_of_Dependency.pdf

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Urgentbiscuitrequired · 14/10/2026 17:18

I'm not changing my mind about immigration OP, despite your post.

Ifyoutolerate · 14/10/2026 17:18

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FunPartyIdeas · 14/10/2026 17:19

@willingtolearn But surely everyone applying for such jobs has the same outlays?

VeganConvert · 14/10/2026 17:19

OpenScroller · 14/10/2026 17:02

I should imagine a vast majority of those with families will be claiming top up benefits like housing benefit, universal credit, child benefit and also using services like the NHS, schools, etc while paying very little in.

We are also paying the same benefits to Brits who can't find a job.

You do the Math.

I keep trying and the answer is repeatedly ‘Reform propaganda’ 🤔

vodkaredbullgirl · 14/10/2026 17:19

86newnameagain · 14/10/2026 17:17

I’ll take the “foreigners” over people like you! 👌🏽

They work hard.

jdb9803 · 14/10/2026 17:19

Monty36 · 14/10/2026 17:18

The employer does not have to prove that they could not find someone currently resident here who could do the job before they ask to have someone from overseas.

They don't, but they aren't going to pay for a foreigner to come to UK if there are better candidates here

TheProvincialLady · 14/10/2026 17:20

I will do the Math if you promise to do the English Language

Minasama · 14/10/2026 17:20

Wow. That’s incredible.
The only thing I find quite strange is that when hiring, you generally have to hire someone with existing work credentials. So these foreign nationals must surely already be here, and with the right to work.

Bear in mind these people are taxed here, so they also contribute to our welfare state.

Monty36 · 14/10/2026 17:20

MeetMeOnTheCorner · 14/10/2026 17:13

This is Iain Duncan Smith’s baby. You would expect right wing views.

I think new roles is probably not what they are. Many will be taking the place of retired workers. It does suggest the Brits are not wanting the roles or are too expensive and need a lot more training. The obvious employment area is health and if we want a semi functioning health service, should we not have employed them? The 1 million neets almost certainly could not do these roles.

A job is a job. A vacancy is a vacancy.

DorsetKnobBiscuit · 14/10/2026 17:21

OpenScroller · 14/10/2026 17:07

Oh dear, is that because you don't like what I'm saying. Dismiss me as a bot 😂

Why would a Russian bot want to come on a Mums forum?

Yes, you're quite right. No Russian ever tried to interfere with British politics using social media.

Skdkhvyvrhej · 14/10/2026 17:21

It did not take a genius to know this. Glad someone could finally sit down and do the math.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 14/10/2026 17:21

OpenScroller · 14/10/2026 17:02

I should imagine a vast majority of those with families will be claiming top up benefits like housing benefit, universal credit, child benefit and also using services like the NHS, schools, etc while paying very little in.

We are also paying the same benefits to Brits who can't find a job.

You do the Math.

It’s MATHS!!!

Frequency · 14/10/2026 17:21

Lizchaz · 14/10/2026 17:10

How reliable is this as a data source?

The source is themselves and their own analysis of HMRC records, so I would say on a scale of 1-10, reliability is somewhere between -10 and do you think we are idiots?

vodkaredbullgirl · 14/10/2026 17:22

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 14/10/2026 17:21

It’s MATHS!!!

It's annoying 😆

jdb9803 · 14/10/2026 17:22

OpenScroller · 14/10/2026 17:11

OK I'm British but say Math because it's the correct way.

Mathmatics - the s is on the end not in the middle.

But let's detract from the topic of my OP.

Seems people on MN don't want to discuss this, I wonder why?

Makes sense my DC struggled to get jobs over the last few years anyway.

Every parent should be concerned about the effect this will have on their children's futures.

Its absolutely NOT the correct way
An abbreviation of a 'plural' word in not singular
Math is an abbreviation of mathematic - does anything you say make sense??

Yolo12345 · 14/10/2026 17:22

They are much better workers

FlowerVases · 14/10/2026 17:22

We came to work for NHS and a secondary school 20 ago.

Nobody wanted our jobs at the time.
We have never recieved any benefits from UK.

We have relocated recently to our native EU country - both NHS and the local secondary school were not happy to see us go. The jobs are awful and hard, sorry. Recuiting is imposible. Good luck.

We are settled and well in our native country. We are better paid. Working less hours. National healthcare much better. Less racism (we are white btw). Our youngst attends an international private school for £2500 a year.

We could have stayed in UK. We didn't wanted to.

PumpkinSeasonIsHere · 14/10/2026 17:23

VeganConvert · 14/10/2026 16:57

But hang on - I thought they all came here to not work , claim benefits and hang around doing nothing. So which is it or are you just stirring up hatred .

They came here steal our jobs while lazing around on benefits!

DorsetKnobBiscuit · 14/10/2026 17:23

willingtolearn · 14/10/2026 17:14

@DorsetKnobBiscuit The majority were Non-EU

Quite. But not before Iain's Brexit.

EU immigrant workers were net contributors to the UK economy and Brexit closed that down.

bigboykitty · 14/10/2026 17:23

Snickersnotomato · 14/10/2026 17:06

Large employers ship staff over from India and make the UK staff redundant.

OMG you couldn't make it up - oh look, you just did!

Monty36 · 14/10/2026 17:23

Minasama · 14/10/2026 17:20

Wow. That’s incredible.
The only thing I find quite strange is that when hiring, you generally have to hire someone with existing work credentials. So these foreign nationals must surely already be here, and with the right to work.

Bear in mind these people are taxed here, so they also contribute to our welfare state.

No. The employer ‘sponsors’ them to come here.
The employer does not have to prove that they could not find someone to do the job already resident in the UK before doing so.

InterviewGhost · 14/10/2026 17:23

Snickersnotomato · 14/10/2026 17:06

Large employers ship staff over from India and make the UK staff redundant.

No they ship work over to India/overseas: operations are offshored

Interestingnamesuggestion · 14/10/2026 17:23

OpenScroller · 14/10/2026 17:02

I should imagine a vast majority of those with families will be claiming top up benefits like housing benefit, universal credit, child benefit and also using services like the NHS, schools, etc while paying very little in.

We are also paying the same benefits to Brits who can't find a job.

You do the Math.

Are you British? Because we usually say "maths" here.

Urgentbiscuitrequired · 14/10/2026 17:23

I'm glad to see that these propaganda threads are completely failing to achieve the desired result. Hopefully they will fuck off and leave us alone soon.

Oh and the benefits and disability ones end up the same, so just bugger off please.

Monty36 · 14/10/2026 17:23

bigboykitty · 14/10/2026 17:23

OMG you couldn't make it up - oh look, you just did!

Actually, the construction trade did ask for builders to come from India so this may not be too far off.