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

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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

A feature of work visas is that in order to get one you have to pay an, 'NHS surcharge' of about £1000 a year for everyone in the family.

And that benefits can’t be claimed…. Damn immigrants. Coming over here, doing the jobs Brits can’t/wont, paying to use our hospitals, paying tax and not claiming benefits, spending their money in our economy. Grrrr.

Doesn’t it depend where you come from? Because many countries have a reciprocal agreement with the UK as far as health care goes.

Reciprocal agreements are for necessary / emergency healthcare for visitors, not immigrants.

Well they apply to working holiday visas, so I don’t know why they wouldn’t apply to other temporary work visas. Going somewhere with a work visa doesn’t make you an immigrant.

It would mostly be tax rises. Until someone moves into residential care the mumsnet’s inheritance is safe 🙄

I am not an expert of various visas tot he UK other than knowing about the surcharge.

Is it really that simple though with the Boris wave bringing dependants (including the students)?

They aren't earning enough to be net contributors and are causing massive pressure on already crumbling infrastructure.

The Boriswave was also massively fraudulent. We had 60000 care vacancies yet 600000 visas were issued, and we still have a shortage in care workers. The vast majority of people are clearly not working in the industries they were supposed to be here to work in.

Well given they’re not claiming benefits, they’re clearly spending their own saved/earned money in our economy. Supermarkets, rent, travel, cafes. How’s that not a net contribution? Where are they causing infrastructure pressure?

Many brought elderly relatives, children and pregnant relatives.

Would they not be using schools, hospitals or gp surgeries? Contributing to the housing shortage or traffic congestion?

Well dependents are now not usually eligible (the visa holder has to show they can support them if they are eligible), and the majority didn’t bring dependants anyway. The NHS surcharge is paid per immigrant.

Was there ever any evidence that child dependents of Care workers were taking school places off local kids? To be blunt if the choice is between letting an immigrant’s offspring take a place in a (probably undersubscribed) school or having your Nanna sit in her own shit for the day I know what I’d choose.

Yes. If they came over on a care worker visa, they should be working in care homes. If not, they should be out.

Also anyone coming into the country with dependents is using up scarce resources and they send a significant proportion of their wages to their home country so it doesn't get recirculated back into the UK economy.

The UK is like a leaky bucket. Money going out, paying young people to fester on the dole while bringing people in. This is a giant scam. The government needs to sort it out. At least, at long last, they are staring to talk about the NEETs crisis.

Looks like 'tough talking' Mahmood is not going to change the ILR rules after all. The proposal was to extend it from a 5 year wait to a 10 year wait. She can't get it through the left wing of the Labour Party. Quelle surprise.

So it'll remain at 5 years meaning that the millions of people who came here as part of the Boriswave will soon be able to get ILR. That means they'll be able to get the full range of benefits: UC, disability benefits, housing benefits etc etc. This is going to cost billions and enable most of these people to be economically inactive and a net drain on our country.