The vote to leave the EU and fall in the value of the pound are blamed for making the UK less attractive

The number of eastern European migrants working in the UK has dramatically slumped in the largest annual fall since records began in 1997.

Almost one hundred thousand fewer Poles and migrants from seven other eastern European countries were in employment in the first quarter compared with twelve months previously.

Brexit and the fall in the value of the pound are being blamed for making the UK less attractive as a place to work.

Matylda Setlak, chief executive of the marketing agency All 4 Comms, said: “The majority of people from eastern Europe came to Great Britain to work. However, currently available job offers and earnings are less attractive than before, so many people are deciding to leave Great Britain and return to Poland. Another important