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Originally Posted by jonbxx
It's better than the Sun reported to be honest. Looking at the ONS figures;
UK Nationals 332,000 up
EU Nationals 86,000 down
Non-EU nationals 74,000 up
That's a net rise of 320,000 jobs. Don't know why the Sun didn't mention those non-EU national jobs there..
Interestingly, wage growth was softer than expected. Market economics suggest with higher employment, wages should grow but the growth after inflation went from 0.2% to 0.1%
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But no-one has ever focused on this fact as it is just very inconvenient to the Brexit debate. Just look at the chart:
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As you say, where are the headlines complaining about non-EU migrant taking our jobs, taking our housing and clogging up GP's ?