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| Half of new jobs go to migrants | Half of new jobs go to migrants |
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| More than half of 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. |
| The government had previously claimed the majority of new jobs had gone to British workers. | |
| This appeared to be supported by figures released on Monday, despite the government admitting it had underestimated the number of migrants. | |
| But it later put out a clarification suggesting 52% - or 1.1 million - of new jobs created had gone to migrants. | |
| 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". | 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". | But he said the figures were "chaotic" and showed it was "difficult to keep track of everyone". |
| The government has always maintained migrant workers benefit the UK economy, but that the majority of new jobs are still being filled by the indigenous population. | |
| Home Secretary Jacqui Smith earlier told BBC Breakfast that of the jobs created by Labour since 1997 "the majority of those have been filled by British workers". |