From Breitbart: Foreign nationals are claiming nearly £1 billion in welfare benefits from the British state every month, further undercutting claims of the promised economic panacea by importing millions of migrants.
According to government data from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) obtained by Freedom of Information requests from Conservative MP Neil O’Brien, households with at least one foreign national claimed £941 million this month in Universal Credit benefits, The Telegraph reported.
The welfare scheme, intended to subsidise working-age households with low incomes in Britain, is extended to migrants after they are granted indefinite leave to remain or refugee status.
The report notes that the total spent on welfare benefits for households with migrants has more than doubled over the past four years.
In March 2022, £461 million was shelled out on households with migrants. By March 2025, that had jumped to £726 million per month. Now, in March 2026, it has soared to nearly a billion per month – which amounts to $1.3 billion in U.S. dollars.
Out of the total £6.05 billion Universal Credit payments handed out in Britain this month, 15.5% of the payments went to households with a foreign national – a jump from 14.1% four years ago.
Britain’s immigration system “is roughly equivalent to permanent residence, allowing migrants to live, work, and study in the UK without a time limit. Additionally, they are granted the ability to bring family members to the country and to access welfare systems, including Universal Credit,” Breitbart explains.
As the migrants continue to drain the nation’s finances, the British government is now left scrambling to figure out how to pay for the growing costs, and are even considering reducing benefits to British citizens, including the winter fuel allowance and other benefits.
The report points out that “just two months of welfare spending on households with migrants could more than cover the entire amount saved by cutting winter fuel payments to British pensioners.”
Now, Brexit leader Nigel Farage and his Reform Party is calling for the “Indefinite Leave to Remain” police to be scrapped, and replaced with a 5-year work visa. Farage is also suggesting that welfare should be limited to British citizens.
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