Over one million migrants claiming benefits

There are 1.15 million foreign born individuals claiming some form of in-work benefit, imposing huge costs on British taxpayers.

There are 1.15m foreign born individuals living in Britain who are claiming some form of working age benefit, including Universal Credit and housing support.

This figure is drawn from the 2019 edition of Nationality at point of National Insurance number registration of DWP working age benefit recipients, and reflects the trend of the preceding years.

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