Britain to remain economically reliant on foreign workers for decades

Even if it succeeds in eventually extricating itself from the EU, the UK can ill-afford to raise the drawbridge to overseas workers

No matter how the UK’s tortuous process of leaving the European Union ends, those who supported Brexit as a way of curbing immigration will have to accept the immutable mathematics of demographics: Britain will remain economically reliant on foreign workers for decades to come.

The Office for National Statistics has just published its latest projections for the size of the country’s population for the next 25 years, with a breakdown by age group. It should be required reading for any politician seeking, to coin a phrase, to take back control of Britain’s borders.

While the population is expected to continue