The number people in work in the UK is at an all-time high, as George Osborne and other government ministers like to regularly point out.
The latest official figures showed a total of 31.21 million people in work, which meant the unemployment rate fell to a seven-year low of 5.3 per cent.
This boosts government coffers as more people are paying income tax and less people are claiming unemployment benefit - leading Mr Osborne and David Cameron to boast how their "long-term economic plan" is working.
But who is really responsibile for this boost to our workforce?
Digging a bit deeper into the latest labour market stats, released by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday, it soon becomes obvious that the main factor behind the on-going rise in the workforce is the European Union.
But the proportion of EU migrants in our workforce is rapidly increasing.
