Record number of migrants in the UK are not in work

Key Findings:

In the second quarter of 2024 there were 1.689m non-UK nationals either economically inactive or unemployed.
The pro-rata cost such a huge level of migrant worklessness imposes on the Treasury is around £8.5bn.

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