Bolton West’s MP Chris Green yesterday raised in Parliament his concerns on the National Living Wage and employment trends.
Speaking during Treasury Questions, Chris asked:
"From April to June 2014 to April to June 2015, the employment of British workers in the UK increased by a welcome 84,000, but the figures are three times higher for EU nationals. With respect to the national living wage, what assessment has been made of anticipated job growth in the UK? Does my hon. Friend believe that that will benefit the UK or EU citizens most?"
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Damian Hinds replied:
"Almost two thirds of the increase in employment over the past five years is accounted for by UK nationals. Today, nine in every 10 people in a job in the UK are UK nationals. As my right hon. Friend the Chancellor has said, Britain deserves a pay rise and the national living wage delivers it."