Foreign national households received record £11.9bn in Universal Credit as welfare bill soars

Households containing foreign nationals received a record £11.9 billion in Universal Credit last year, with £7.7 billion of the payments going to households classed as jobless, according to government figures reported by The Telegraph. The figures will pile further pressure on Labour over immigration, welfare spending and proposed reforms to the rules governing when migrants … Continue reading Foreign national households received record £11.9bn in Universal Credit as welfare bill soars