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| Subject: Migrants take ALL new jobs in Britain
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Posted on: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 02:07:24 +0000
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http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/23928/Migrants-take-all-new-jobs-in-Britain
Foreign workers have taken every new job in Britain for the past four
years, astonishing figures show.
The total of migrant employees since 2003 has soared by 740,000, while
the number of Britons in work has gone into reverse and dropped by
120,000. This means that foreign workers filled all the extra 620,000
jobs which were created during those four years.
The revelation is a severe embarrassment for Gordon Brown and makes a
mockery of his recent pledge to create “British jobs for British
workers”. The Prime Minister’s discomfort deepened when an investigation
was launched into how white Britons are being left behind in the housing
queue.
The damaging figures emerged just three days after ministers twice had
to revise statistics on the number of foreign workers and jobs created
under Labour. Communities Secretary Hazel Blears yesterday made the
Government’s third blunder of the week as she tried to shift the blame
for the first errors on to the Office for National Statistics.
She referred to the body or its figures as “independent” on four
occasions – but it is a department of the Treasury and answers to a
minister.
She also angered many town hall leaders when, referring to the impact of
immigration, she said: “There are lots of parts of Britain that are not
populated hardly at all. I think the sense that we are full indicates we
have absolutely no room left.”
Last night the Government was condemned for failing to have any kind of
grip on the spiralling immigration crisis. Shadow Immigration Minister
Damian Green said: “As this week has gone on it has become increasingly
evident that Gordon Brown’s claim to be providing British jobs for
British workers is the most foolish public comment since Gerald Ratner
made derogatory remarks about his own products.”
Shadow Home Secretary David Davis said: “Gordon Brown’s unwise
pronouncement of ‘British jobs for British workers’ has been exposed has
nothing more than pure spin.
“This will not cover up the legacy of his open door immigration policy,
which is a million economically inactive under-25s in this country.”
The figures came a day after a survey of 100 councils revealed that mass
migration has piled enormous pressure on to all sections of our
communities, including health, schools and housing.
Sir Andrew Green, chairman of Migrationwatch UK, said: “This illustrates
that mass migration may be beneficial to employers but the impact falls
on the British worker.
“Their wages are being held down as the Governor of the Bank of England
keeps telling us.”
But a spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions claimed the
figures did not mean that all new jobs have been taken by foreigners as
the level of unemployment claim-ants among British workers did not
match.
He added that a recent fall in the number of Britons employed has
coincided with a decline in the working age population. Employment
Minister Caroline Flint said: “There are opportunities for British
workers with nearly 660,000 vacancies waiting to be filled.”
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