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Labour 'smeared ONS fact-finders' over report on TRUE number of foreign workers in Britain
By James Slack
Last updated at 8:22 PM on 12th February 2009



Labour was tonight accused of a 'disgraceful' attempt to 'bully' independent statisticians who revealed uncomfortable truths about the number of foreign workers in the UK.

Senior party figures launched a vicious whispering campaign against the Office of Nationals Statistics after it released figures showing a surge of 214,000 in the number of non-UK born people working here as the country slid into recession.

The data made a mockery of Gordon Brown's promise to create 'British jobs for British workers', as unemployment among UK-born people soared to a 12-year high.

The ONS's report pointed out that the total number of non-UK born workers increased by 214,000 - to 3.8 million - in the year to December. At the same time the number of UK-born workers in employment fell by 278,000 to 25.6 million.