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80% Of New UK Payroll Jobs Since 2014 Went To Foreign Nationals, Think Tank Finds

80% Of New UK Payroll Jobs Since 2014 Went To Foreign Nationals, Think Tank Finds Just one in five of the roughly 3.7 million jobs added to UK payrolls from 2014 through the end of 2025 went to British nationals. Non-EU nationals took about 2.5 million of them, roughly two-thirds, and EU nationals another 408,000, leaving Britons with 734,000, according to a Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) analysis of HMRC data. The center-right think tank released the figures Tuesday in State of Dependency, a 250-page report launching its Welfare 2030 inquiry. Former Work and Pensions Secretary