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LONDON - The British Government faced embarrassment over immigration after it emerged that 1.5 million foreign-born workers came to Britain in the past 10 years - almost twice its original estimate.
The numbers have been revised upwards twice in just 24 hours.
Work and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain led a succession of apologies by ministers when he raised the estimate of overseas nationals taking jobs in Britain since 1997 from 800,000 to 1.1 million. But the National Statistician put the figure at 1.5 million.
Shadow pensions secretary Chris Grayling said: "This situation just gets worse."
- Independent
