Non-EU workers overtake number of EU workers in Britain for the first time ... trends now
Non-EU workers overtake number of EU workers in Britain for the first time ... trends now
Non-EU workers overtake number of EU workers in Britain for the first time since 2010 amid Brexit There were 2,556,741 non-EU workers and 2,332,576 EU workers in UK last year EU workers were overtaken as the largest group for the first time since 2010
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Non-EU workers have overtaken the number of EU workers in Britain as a side-effect of Brexit.
There were 2,556,741 non-EU workers in the UK at the end of December, compared with 2,332,476 EU workers, data from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) shows.
EU workers were overtaken as the largest group in June last year for the first time since 2010.
A surge in EU workers was seen in the years after the European Union expanded to include Poland and seven other eastern European countries in 2004, and
