LATEST : More than 2.1 million additional people employed since the EU Referendum

What on earth happened to all the job losses we were threatened with, if we voted to leave?

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Facts4EU.Org’s report shows just how well Brexit Britain has been doing
And proves once again how wrong Cameron, Osborne and the Remainers were

Yesterday (Mon 04 Nov 2024) the Office for National Statistics released its latest data on the number of employees in Great Britain. (Northern Ireland’s data is delayed.) Facts4EU.Org’s analysis of the official figures shows an astonishing rise of more than 2.1 million in the number of employees in GB, since the British people voted to leave the European Union.

This compares with the 500,000 – 820,000 job losses which were threatened by George Osborne and HM Treasury back in 2016, just before the UK’s in/out referendum on continued EU membership.

Brexit Facts4EU.Org Summary

Employees in GB – 2023 compared to 2016

2016 total employees : 29,214,400
2023 total employees : 31,358,100
Increase since the EU Referendum : 2,143,700 (7.3%)

[Source : Office for National Statistics BRES survey, 04 Nov 2024.]

‘Stronger Out’

The simple fact is that the UK’s labour market is stronger now than it was at the time of the EU Referendum, by all the key measures.

It is important to remind all readers of what was threatened by the Remainer government of David Cameron and George Osborne in the weeks preceding the EU Referendum. Below is how the (unbiased) state broadcaster, the BBC, reported this at the time.

Statistical note : These accredited official statistics were independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation. The Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) is a sample survey from the ONS. For the 2023 survey period, approximately 85,000 businesses were sampled for Great Britain and the response rate was 83.3%. All estimates for 2023 are provisional. Data from the 2016 survey have already been subject to small revisions and are as accurate as possible. BRES is the primary source for employee estimates at a detailed regional and industrial level.

Observations

If the jobs market had done what it was supposed to do immediately after the Referendum, we would have been getting regular reports from the BBC, Sky News, the Guardian, the FT, and others, informing us of all the doom 'n' gloom. As it is there is relative silence, which the Facts4EU.Org team are more than happy to break.

In our next report we will ask “What are all these extra people in employment doing?”

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Reader Comments 7

1. Sparky , Tuesday, November 05, 2024, 06:52:

And net migration is around 2.5 million since 2016. There is an additional 100,000 in the civil service alone since 2020.

2. Old Albion , Tuesday, November 05, 2024, 08:00:

Don't worry 'Sparky' your hero Two-tier Kier is going to "smash the gangs" possibly, maybe, sometime.

3. KB , Tuesday, November 05, 2024, 11:43:

There's 19% more clinical staff in the NHS, but there's no greater treatment rate being achieved.
Aside from that, I find it is more and more difficult to make any progress. Persons are always on leave or off sick whenever you try and contact them.
There is also the fact that if someone is off for any reason, their work does not get done. Not long ago we had to ensure that our necessary tasks were covered by someone else before leave was granted. Nowadays we are told, "oh that never happened because person X was on leave", and that seems to have become acceptable.
How did this happen ?

4. LuxuryBalloon , Tuesday, November 05, 2024, 12:27:

2.1 million of new employees in GB? That does not make sense: I thought all the immigrants were living off welfare benefits.

5. terence patrick hewett , Tuesday, November 05, 2024, 13:21:

@LB
The balance are living off the proceeds of criminal enterprise.

6. Have You Wondered , Tuesday, November 05, 2024, 13:51:

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5. terence patrick hewett "The balance are living off the proceeds of criminal enterprise."
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Funny you mention that. If the govt. were to legalise drugs, it would collapse a commercial sector to the detriment of the UK GDP.
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The UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) includes estimates of illegal activities like drug dealing in its GDP calculations. In 2019, the illicit drug market contributed an estimated £11 billion to the UK economy, accounting for about 0.5% of the total GDP.
That's nearly as big as the UK automotive sector alone, with a value added of approximately £16 billion annually.
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Aerospace manufacturing brings in around £12 billion.
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UK fishing industry contributes approximately £1.4 billion
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Creative Industries £10bn
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Textile Manufacturing £10bn
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Waste Management and Recycling £10bn
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Publishing and Media £10bn
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Agricultural Sector £10bn
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There's something to be proud of, illegal activities bringing in more than some industries and accounted for in the GDP figures.
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Well - the good news is sex workers, like other self-employed individuals, are expected to declare their income, keep records, and pay taxes on their earnings.
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7. terence patrick hewett , Tuesday, November 05, 2024, 14:55:

@HYW
It's what you get when you import millions of low-education migrants who can't speak English and whose culture and mores are radically different from the host. Poland and Hungary are not that daft.

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