The number of migrants from eastern Europe has almost doubled since 2010 JEFF J MITCHELL/GETTY IMAGESThe number of Polish people and other east Europeans working in Britain has surpassed one million for the first time. A record number of migrants from the eight countries that joined the EU in 2004 were found to be working in the country in the second quarter of the year. The figures will heap pressure on Theresa May before formal Brexit negotiations begin. The free movement of people within the EU is likely to be a central issue. Official figures showed that there were 1,007,000 people from Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia working between April…

Source: The Times August 17, 2016 10:52 UTC