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Bev Turner hits out at 'astonishing' figures as more than one million migrants claim Universal Credit: 'Deeply embarrassing!'
The Department for Work and Pensions released the data after a 'public commitment to investigate and develop breakdowns of the Universal Credit caseload' ...
Data shows immigration status of universal credit claimants for first time
Universal credit is a payment to help with living costs and is available for people on low incomes or those who are out of ...
More than 1m foreigners claim Universal Credit every month
The number of foreign nationals claiming Universal Credit in Britain has risen to nearly 1.3 million, official new figures ...
DWP to review State Pension, PIP and other benefit claims for payment errors this year
The recently published annual ‘Fraud and error in the benefit system’ report, which estimates how much money the Department ...
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Universal credit claims are up by a million in a year – and there’s one main reason
Why are more people receiving universal credit? A closer look at the data reveals that rising claimant numbers are being ...
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83% of Universal Credit claimants are British or Irish nationals, new data reveals
Around four in five people on Universal Credit are British and Irish nationals or those who live or work in the UK without ...
Self-confessed ‘benefits scrounger’ details how ‘broken’ UC system keeps people stuck but trolls say she’s ‘entitled’
A MOTHER and self-confessed “benefits scrounger” has shared her honest thoughts on the “broken” Universal Credit system. Amba ...
Full PIP and Universal Credit rules for hospital stays to prevent payment loss
The DWP has strict rules when it comes to reporting changes in circumstances - and this includes when you're in hospital.
Number of universal credit claimants who don’t need to work soars by 1m in a year, shocking data shows
The number of people claiming Universal Credit (UC) without a requirement to work or seek work is at 3.6m, up 294% in the ...
More than one million migrants are claiming Universal Credit in Britain, latest figures show
New official statistics show the number of foreign nationals receiving the benefit in the UK has risen from 883,470 in 2022 ...
Millions on State Pension, PIP and other benefits due extra DWP payment later this year
The small cash bonus is a one-off, tax-free payment of £10 made to people in receipt of certain benefits - but not Universal ...
Major DWP Universal Credit changes could see millions of families get £725 boost
Nearly four million households could be in line for an annual income boost of £725 from the Department of Work and Pensions ...