Foreigners claim £1bn a month in benefits
Eight weeks of payments to households with foreign national enough to wipe out winter fuel cut savings
Benefits claims by households with at least one foreign national have doubled to nearly £1 billion a month in the past three years, government figures show.
Households with at least one claimant who is a foreign national received £941 million in March this year, up from £461 million in March 2022, representing nearly a sixth of the month’s Universal Credit payments.
The figures are likely to reinforce calls for restrictions on benefits for migrants, which Angela Rayner, the Deputy Prime Minister, urged Rachel Reeves to consider in a leaked memo seen by The Telegraph.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/30/benefits-foreigners-near-cost-1bn-month/