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Migrant households receive record £12bn in universal credit

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Households with foreign nationals received a record £11.9bn in universal credit payments last year, official data show. The figures from the Department for Work and Pensions show the amount of universal credit claimed by households with at least one foreign national rose by a quarter from 2024 to 2025.

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Households with at least one immigrant living in them received a record £11.9 billion in Universal Credit.

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The British households in which at least one person is a foreign citizen received £11.9 billion through Universal Credit in 2025, according to government data. The sum rose by 25% in one year, and 7.7 billion returned to unemployed applicants. Great Britain's spending on Universal Credit for households in which it lives [...]

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