Key Points
An influx of foreign workers from outside the European Union has rescued Britain from even worse staff shortages over the last four years, figures from the Office for National Statistics show...
Over the period since just before the start of the pandemic, a total of 1.2 million non-EU born foreigners joined the UK workforce, more than making up for a huge fall in UK and EU-born workers...
Whatever the narrative of recent labor market and population flows, the actual data suggests that non-EU born individuals have seen a remarkable increase in contribution to the UK labor market over the last four years, Simon French, chief economist at Panmure Gordon, wrote on X...
The growing population piles pressure on the government to ensure public services can meet the extra demand and there is sufficient housing.. Bloomberg analysis has shown that the UK faces a shortfall of 100,000 new homes a year regardless of which party wins the general election expected later this year...
The ONS figures also showed the employment rate of non-EU born foreign workers is lower than for both EU and UK workers, implying that higher migration is needed to fill the same number of jobs...
