Downing Street is believed to have blocked publication of a politically sensitive report that shows the impact of immigration on the job prospects of British workers is well below that claimed by ministers.
The new research is reported to challenge claims made by the home secretary, Theresa May, based on a 2012 Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) study showing that “for every additional 100 immigrants … 23 British workers would not be employed”.
But the BBC’s Newsnight programme said the new unpublished analysis by civil servants is much less pessimistic and estimates that the cost to existing British workers of new arrivals is much lower.
The BBC quotes officials saying Downing Street has prevented publication of the report, which has been ready since last year, to avoid igniting controversy.
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