£10bn of benefits given to unemployed migrant households in just 18 months

Households containing at least one unemployed foreign national received £10.6bn in Universal Credit between Jan 2024 and June 2025

This research was published in the Daily Mail.

On Tuesday the DWP published data showing that the number of unemployed migrants receiving Universal Credit has increased by 55% since April 2022.

771,000 unemployed migrants were in receipt of the benefit in …