article_snippet: Between 2010 and 2014 just over 600,000 foreigners came to work in the UK, down from 725,000 between 2005 and 2009 under Labour.
article_snippet: Between 2010 and 2014 just over 600,000 foreigners came to work in the UK, down from 725,000 between 2005 and 2009 under Labour .
article_snippet: But Britain's booming economy has seen a sharp increase in the number of migrants from the EU coming to work in Britain – with net migration surging to almost 300,000 according to the latest official figures.
article_snippet: The data, revealed in the FT this morning, also shows that since the coalition took office there has been a rise of 40 per cent in workers from recession-hit nations in the 'old EU', such as Italy, Spain and Portugal.
article_snippet: — a significantly higher wage boost than British workers have enjoyed.
article_snippet: London meanwhile has taken a much larger chunk of immigrants - in professions such as financial services, and away from lower-skilled roles elsewhere in the country.
article_snippet: David Hanson, Labour's shadow immigration minister, said that while highly skilled foreign workers made positive contributions to the UK economy, there needed to be better training so that British workers could take on skilled roles. '
article_snippet: Labour has a strong plan to build the skills of the next generation.'
article_snippet: But Ukip's Steven Woolfe said: 'There are now close to 2m EU workers in the UK, and close to 2m EU workers in the UK numbers have more than doubled since [the accession of eight eastern European countries in] 2004.'
highlights_snippet: Between 2010 and 2014  608,000 foreigners came to work in the UK .
  
highlights_snippet: This is compared to 725,000 migrants who came to work under Labour .
  