Britons account for one-fifth of payroll jobs over last decade, analysis claims

Sir Iain Duncan Smith at a press conference in Victoria Tower gardens (Ben Whitley/PA) - (PA Wire)

British nationals accounted for one fifth of all jobs added to the payroll since 2014, with the vast majority going to workers from outside the EU, new analysis suggests.

Some 734,000 British nationals were added to HMRC’s pay-as-you-earn (Paye) system – which automatically deducts tax from workers’ monthly pay packet – between 2014 and the end of 2025, according to analysis by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ).