'Under an EU scheme partly funded by British
taxpayers, all positions advertised in UK jobcentres also have to be offered to
workers in European member states. UK firms are given as much as £1,000 as a
bonus for taking on the foreign workers.
The disclosure undermined comments made by Matthew
Hancock, the business and skills minister, who called on UK bosses to stop
taking the “easy option” of filling jobs with foreigners when they could train
local workers instead.'
