Universal Credit Claimants Soar by More Than One Million Under Labour – Guido Fawkes

Universal Credit Claimants Soar by More Than One Million Under Labour

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Latest Department for Work and Pensions figures reveal the number of Universal Credit claimants has soared by 1.1 million since July last year. As of last month, a whopping 8 million people claimed Universal Credit, up from 6.9 million last July. That’s up by 16% since Starmer took office…

That is a record high. 46% of those have no work requirements – the highest ever. Of that, 76.5% were from the White ethnic group. The Asian/Asian British group accounted for 10.2%, while Black/African/Caribbean/Black British made up 6.0%. A total of 1,296,000 claimants were foreign nationals. After Starmer caved in to rebels over welfare reforms, don’t expect that number to come down anytime soon…