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Do immigrants damage economic recovery by taking jobs away from people living in the UK or help recovery by bringing skills and labour the UK needs?

Fieldwork dates: 5 October 2023 - 3 January 2025
Data from: Great Britain
Results from: 2 polls

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Results for: Do immigrants damage economic recovery by taking jobs away from people living in the UK or help recovery by bringing skills and labour the UK needs?
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Pollster		 3 January 2025
Poll by Deltapoll 		7 October 2023
Poll by Deltapoll
Immigrants to this country damage the economic recovery by taking jobs away from people already living in the UK 45% 40%
Immigrants to this country help the economic recovery by bringing skills and labour that the UK needs 41% 43%
Don't know 14% 17%

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Generally speaking, which of the following statements comes closest to your own view? Immigrants to this country damage the economic recovery by taking jobs away from people already living in the UK/ Immigrants to this country help the economic recovery by bringing skills and labour that the UK needs

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Migration and freedom of movement