Nearly 1.5 million migrants on Universal Credit: 'Britain's the food bank of the world!'

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Nearly 1.5 million migrants on Universal Credit: 'Britain's the food bank of the world!'.

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Shocking new data has revealed nearly 1.5 million migrants received Universal Credit payments during 2025, making up a sizeable 15 per cent of total claimants.The Department for Work and Pensions released the figures for the first time this week, following a Freedom of Information request from the Centre for Migration Control.The largest group among claimants – at nearly 900,000 – were those who had secured residency through the European Union's settlement scheme.Refugees accounted for near 150,000 of the total, while 67,000 had been granted humanitarian protection status, and a further 333,000 held indefinite leave to remain.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The remaining claimants were categorised as "other", with immigration status not recorded on digital systems for some 32,000 claimants.Migrants who arrived between 2022 and 2023 under Boris Johnson's premiership are projected to cost £9.5billion in lifetime benefits and public services should they be permitted to settle from this...

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