Points based system forces employers to offer jobs to British before immigrants.
"Over 90 per cent of people working in this country are UK citizens and their rate of employment has remained stable."
"But when it comes to immigration, in difficult economic times we need a tough system that offers British workers the first crack of the whip for British jobs."
"That's why we're using the flexibility that the new Points Based System allows to force employers to offer British jobs through Job Centre plus before recruiting foreign workers. And across Government we're working together to get people the skills needed for these jobs to boost their chances even further."
There is some controversy over this with some groups commenting that despite 1.34 million more people in work than in 2001 most of the new jobs have gone to immigrants. It should also be said that until quite recently the UK has had a very successful economy. Immigration is one of the main reasons why the UK has prospered in recent years. 500,000 more Eastern Europeans and hundreds of thousands more Indians have made huge contributions to the economy and society as a whole.
