Foreign worker numbers surge to a record 2.4m as Eastern Europeans return to Britain

Daily Mail
* Eastern European workers reaches record of 551,000
* 2.401million non-UK nationals active in the economy

"The number of foreigners working in Britain has hit an all-time high despite the fragile state of the recovery.This summer, the total topped 2.4million for the first time after thousands arrived from abroad in the spring.Some of them were Poles and other Eastern Europeans who began to return to the UK. The number of Eastern European workers also reached a record – of 551,000.It means the workforce of foreigners has surged by more than a ­million in only seven years."