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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent

Shortfall of 330,000 workers in UK due to Brexit, say thinktanks

Advert for staff jobs, June 2022, in Keswick, north-west England
Advert for staff jobs, June 2022, Keswick, north-west England. There was a shortfall of 460,000 EU workers in Britain by that month, following Brexit coming into force January 2021. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images

Brexit has led to a shortfall of 330,000 people in the UK labour force, mostly in the low-skilled economy, a report by leading researchers has found.

The departure from the EU in 2020 led to an increase in immigration from non-EU countries, but not enough to compensate for the loss of workers from neighbouring countries, according to the joint findings of the thinktanks Centre for European Reform (CER) and UK in a Changing Europe.

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