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More than half the new jobs created under Labour since 1997 have gone to foreign workers, it has emerged. More than half of new jobs created under Labour since 1997 have gone to foreign workers, it has emerged.
Government figures released on Monday showed that of 2.7m jobs created since 1997, only 800,000 went to foreigners. The government had previously claimed that most new jobs in Britain had gone to British workers.
The government later corrected this to 1.1m foreign workers and in a further correction indicated more than half of new jobs had gone to migrants. This appeared to be supported by figures released on Monday suggesting just 30% of new jobs had gone to foreign migrants since 1997.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith earlier told BBC Breakfast the majority of new jobs "had gone to British workers". But in a clarification note, the government indicated 52% of jobs had in fact gone to foreign workers.
BBC economics editor Evan Davies said the figures were "a major admission for a government that has been going on about British jobs for British workers".
But he said the figures were "chaotic" and showed it was "difficult to keep track of everyone".