An estimated 80 per cent of the new jobs created by the Labour in the last one decade have gone to foreign-born workers in the UK, an analysis of official figures indicated on Tuesday.

According to a study compiled by the Statistics Commission, nearly 1.4 million of the 1.7 million jobs created since the Labour was voted to power in 1997 had been bagged by those born overseas.

Frank Field, the Labour MP for Birkenhead, released the results of the study after an incorrect estimate of the increase in overseas workers since 1997 was given by the Department for Work and Pensions in the autumn.

The department revised its figures from 800,000 foreign workers to 1.1 million in October. The Statistics Commission report, however, concluded that of a total increase in employment between 1997 and 2007 of 2.1 million new jobs, more than half were filled by foreign citizens.

However, it added that the actual proportion of the employment increase accounted for by foreign workers ranged from just over 50 per cent to just over 80 per cent, depending on the definition of a migrant.

Chris Grayling, the shadow work and pensions secretary said: "The reality is that for all the billions spent by Prime Minister Gordon Brown on welfare-to-work programmes, all he actually seems to be doing is creating British jobs for foreign workers."

A spokesman said: "The best estimates for the number of jobs that have gone to foreign nationals since 1997 still stand and have been confirmed by this report. Of the 2.1 million increase in employment since 1997, about 1 million were UK nationals and 1.1 million foreign nationals."