Jobs held by young non-EU nationals in Britain QUADRUPLE since 2019 despite UK’s youth inactivity crisis

1 comment 1 Next JOBS held by young non-EU nationals in Britain have quadrupled since 2019 as the UK’s youth inactivity crisis rages, says a study. Nearly one in twelve payroll jobs were taken up by foreign workers under 25 up from just one in fifty some six years earlier, the research reveals. Jobs held by young non-EU nationals in Britain have quadrupled since 2019 as Britain’s youth inactivity crisis rages, says a study Source: Getty Andy Burnham is set to allow 80,000 18-30 year-olds young Europeans to come to Britain to work, live and study under a youth mobility scheme with the EU Source: Reuters Advertisement The study reveals that the number of payroll jobs held by the non-EU nationals rose from 85,300 to 370,900 out of 4.29 million roles.

The figures from the Centre for Social Justice compared the share of payrolled jobs in December 2019 and December 2025. Sign up for the Politics newsletter Thank you! Email address Please provide a valid email. Your info will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy You'll now receive top stories, breaking news, and more, straight to your email. The revelation comes as nearly one million young people aged 16-24 are not earning or learning which is an increase of 180,000 since 2019.

It comes as Andy Burnham is set to allow 80,000 18 to 30-year-old Europeans to come to Britain to work, live and study under a youth mobility scheme with the EU . Read More on Politics THE SUN SAYS Healey's Budget MUST back business and reverse Starmer’s tsunami of tax rises BUDGET BLAST Healey will do more damage at his first Budget than Rachel Reeves, fears Kemi Joe Shalam, from the Centre for Social Justice, said: “Ministers are reportedly planning a new youth immigration scheme while nearly a million young people already living here are neither earning nor learning.

“Leaving a generation of young people on the sidelines is a scandal. Yet the Government’s response to a working-age welfare bill that has ballooned by £50 billion is more reviews, more consultations and more delay. “We urgently need ambitious welfare reform that restores the expectation of work, gives young people the support they need and stops writing off their futures.” A Government spokesperson said: “The vast majority of the UK workforce is made up of UK nationals.

Our new skills-based migration system puts British workers first while welcoming the high-skilled talent our economy needs. Advertisement Most read in The Sun VILE 'RITUAL' Cop 'bullied by male colleagues after she refused to let them bite her bum' 'MURDER' PROBE Dad dies after being shot while breaking up road rage row - as man charged MIGRANT ROW Albanian drug dealer to stay in UK after judge rules crime 'not serious enough' TRACK SMASH Moment supercar smashes into barrier at 280mph during high-speed test “Non-EU migration increased significantly under the previous government but is down by 82% in the past two years.” 1 comment 1