SIR - Migrationwatch has confirmed that high rates of welfare benefits are making the British job market more attractive to foreign workers.

This is exactly what I have been saying for years and what most people with half a brain have known for some time.

Official figures released recently also show an interesting statistic, in that since we opened our borders to workers from Eastern Europe in 2004, we have more than a half a million (525,000) less British-born people in work.

It is also clear that once migrant workers realise they are only going to be slightly better off (£30 per week on the minimum wage) working, then they will surely choose the easier option, i.e. living off benefits.

When these people move over to benefits, what then? Well, we get more migrants to fill their jobs and the cycle continues.

Our country is sinking fast as the old parties continue to sink their collective heads in to the sand. We must stop this madness!

Jason Smith, UK Independence Party Bradford Chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury