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Report reveals three hundred and fifty five percent increase in young non-EU migrant workers while young British employment grows just zero point three percent
A Centre for Social Justice report has found that since twenty twenty there has been a three hundred and fifty five percent increase in non-EU workers under twenty five on company payrolls in the United Kingdom, compared to a zero point three percent increase in young British nationals. Around half a million non-EU migrants entered retail and hospitality roles.
A report by the Centre for Social Justice has revealed a staggering disparity in youth employment between migrant and British workers. Since twenty twenty, there has been a three hundred and fifty five percent increase in the number of non-EU workers under twenty five on company payrolls in the United Kingdom, compared to a mere zero point three percent increase in young British nationals.
The data shows that around half a million non-EU migrants have entered sectors like retail and hospitality over the past five years, taking precisely the kinds of entry-level roles that typically give young people their first step onto the career ladder, from supermarket shelf stacking to pulling pints at the local pub.
The findings come alongside a separate report by former health secretary Alan Milburn warning that Britain risks throwing more than one point two million young people on the scrap heap. The so-called lost generation of young people not in employment or education continues to grow unless urgent intervention is taken.
Meanwhile, the number of people claiming Personal Independence Payments has reached a record three point nine million, costing taxpayers twenty six billion pounds a year, a figure expected to rise to forty one billion by the end of the decade. Half of the increase in young claimants is attributed to mental health problems.
Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden faced questions over the government's response to the crisis. Critics argue that mass migration has fuelled the worklessness problem by displacing young British workers from entry-level positions, while Labour maintains that the causes of youth unemployment are more complex than immigration alone.