Four in five new payroll jobs added in Britain since 2014 have gone to foreign nationals, while millions of Britons have been left languishing on benefits.
Research by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) found that just 734,000 of the 3.7 million additional jobs were held by British nationals. Non-EU nationals accounted for around 2.5 million, with EU nationals accounting for another 408,000.
Responding to the findings, Reform UK Shadow Chancellor Robert Jenrick said: “It should not be controversial to put the British people first.”
He said: “Reform will make it cheaper to hire Brits, paid for by a levy on migrant workers.”
The report accused successive governments of relying on overseas labour while millions of British people were “written off” by the welfare system - leaving taxpayers to pick up the growing bill.
Most of the increase in non-EU payroll jobs has come since 2020, during the Boriswave immigration surge. Over the same period, the number of people receiving out-of-work benefits rose by 2.3 million.
Annual spending on working-age benefits has increased by around £50 billion in real terms since 2019-20.
Meanwhile, payroll jobs held by British nationals have fallen in nine of the UK’s 12 nations and regions since 2020. Jobs held by non-EU nationals increased in every one.
The CSJ warned that ministers had repeatedly prioritised importing labour over improving the skills, health and employment prospects of people already living in Britain.
Around 6.7 million people across England, Wales and Scotland now receive at least one out-of-work benefit - roughly one in six working-age adults.
This will not continue under a Reform government. Reform UK would put British workers first, making it cheaper for businesses to hire them through a levy on migrant workers. After years of governments reaching for overseas labour, Reform will give employers a clear incentive to recruit at home and help get Britain back to work.
Research by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) found that just 734,000 of the 3.7 million additional jobs were held by British nationals. Non-EU nationals accounted for around 2.5 million, with EU nationals accounting for another 408,000.
Responding to the findings, Reform UK Shadow Chancellor Robert Jenrick said: “It should not be controversial to put the British people first.”
He said: “Reform will make it cheaper to hire Brits, paid for by a levy on migrant workers.”
The report accused successive governments of relying on overseas labour while millions of British people were “written off” by the welfare system - leaving taxpayers to pick up the growing bill.
Most of the increase in non-EU payroll jobs has come since 2020, during the Boriswave immigration surge. Over the same period, the number of people receiving out-of-work benefits rose by 2.3 million.
Annual spending on working-age benefits has increased by around £50 billion in real terms since 2019-20.
Meanwhile, payroll jobs held by British nationals have fallen in nine of the UK’s 12 nations and regions since 2020. Jobs held by non-EU nationals increased in every one.
The CSJ warned that ministers had repeatedly prioritised importing labour over improving the skills, health and employment prospects of people already living in Britain.
Around 6.7 million people across England, Wales and Scotland now receive at least one out-of-work benefit - roughly one in six working-age adults.
This will not continue under a Reform government. Reform UK would put British workers first, making it cheaper for businesses to hire them through a levy on migrant workers. After years of governments reaching for overseas labour, Reform will give employers a clear incentive to recruit at home and help get Britain back to work.
