Why do foreigners get all the jobs, asks Boris Johnson In one of his first acts since being re-elected as Mayor of London, Mr Johnson today calls for "an honest and unflinching" investigation. He promises to "expose the roots of the problem" and examine whether immigrants were prepared to work harder for less money or whether "native Londoners" had the wrong attitude to certain jobs. Over the past two years unemployment has been rising and more than one in five 16 to 24-year-olds is currently out of work. Writing in The Daily Telegraph he says: "London's formidable job-creating powers do not always seem to involve the creation of jobs for native Londoners. Go into any coffee shop and talk to the staff, listen to the voices on the building sites - and you will see how the city is working as a magnet for talent and energy from outside the UK. However, the mayor ruled out introducing "quotas" banning employers from hiring foreign staff.