TALLYCAT01 / Evidence over influence
Did migrants get 80% of new UK jobs? What the figure counts

About 80% of the overall increase in UK payroll jobs from July 2014 to December 2025 was recorded under non-UK nationalities. This does not measure all new hires or establish that British workers were replaced.

Sources
Just one in five added payroll jobs since 2014 went to British nationals
https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/newsroom/just-one-in-five-added-payroll-jobs-since-2014-went-to-british-nationals
Original report announcement, not an Instagram post

State of Dependency report
https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/CSJ-State_of_Dependency.pdf
Original claim and jobs/benefits comparisons

UK payrolled employments by nationality: July 2014 to December 2025
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-payrolled-employments-by-nationality-region-industry-age-and-sex-from-july-2014-to-december-2025
Official release, updated 22 May 2026

Commentary and definitions
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-payrolled-employments-by-nationality-region-industry-age-and-sex-from-july-2014-to-december-2025/uk-payrolled-employments-by-nationality-region-industry-age-and-sex-from-july-2014-to-december-2025
What payroll jobs and nationality categories mean

Nationality, region and industry tables
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a0f1c2b1eb143220d8d276c/Payrolled_employments_in_the_UK_by_nationality__region_and_industry__from_July_2014_to_December_2025.ods
Original aggregate spreadsheet for reproducing the calculation

Monthly counts by nationality
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a0f2f745e28c5cac81cf021/Monthly_counts_and_median_pay_of_payrolled_employments_in_the_UK__by_nationality.ods
Independent format cross-check of the same monthly endpoints

Data: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Photo: Neil Theasby
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Cropped and resized; homepage darkened and overlaid. Adapted photograph under CC BY-SA 2.0. Separate TALLYCAT01 logo remains brand artwork.

Evidence checked 14 October 2026
Research and production assisted by AI