So much for getting a grip on benefits! Number of people claiming Universal Credit rises 63,000 in a MONTH including 25,000 not required to seek work ⊕
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11 hours ago
The Department of Work and Pensions today revealed 8.40million people were receiving the welfare payment in February, up from 8.34million in January.
14 days ago
Why the benefit used by over 8 million people may not be fit for the future ⊕
Can Universal Credit and the work and benefits system more generally reshape itself to meet a new reality?
32 days ago
Britain's mental health crisis: Mind and 'behavioural' disorders account for nine in 10 claiming sick benefits since lockdown with no need to look for work ⊖⊖
Claimants of health-related Universal Credit can include those who suffer from depression, stress or anxiety, and eating disorders.
35 days ago
'We are not a cash machine for the world': Fury as stats suggest a quarter of non-EU migrants settled in UK are on Universal Credit ○
The Tories demanded action after the Government's own figures show there were 179,482 non-EU migrants with settled status claiming the benefit in December 2024.
83 days ago
Brits claiming Universal Credit without need to look for work soars by 1.5million since Labour came to power ⊕
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The claimant total stood at a provisional 8.40million in December 2025 - up from 7.36million a year earlier, according to new Department for Work and Pensions data.
3 months ago
Laughing in the face of hardworking taxpayers...The Bulgarian migrant who stole more than £54m in UK's biggest benefit fraud is back claiming Universal Credit with her 'depressed' husband after being freed from jail early ○
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Tsvetka Todorova was jailed for three years in May 2024 for her role in a conspiracy that stole more than £54million from taxpayers.
4 months ago
Number of people claiming Universal Credit for health reasons rockets by a MILLION in just ONE YEAR ⊕
The number claiming Universal Credit (UC) because of their health has soared by 41 per cent in the year to September 2025 - increasing by 933,000 people to a record 3.2 million.
Government pledges end to children living in B&Bs ○
The child poverty strategy also includes making childcare more accessible for families on Universal Credit.
'It's only going to get worse': Life in Britain's Universal Credit capital where hard-working families are sick of their benefit scrounger neighbours ⊕
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The Budget has divided public opinion but there is nowhere the split is more evident than in the Universal Credit capital of the UK.
25,000 more families to claim handouts as two-child cap is lifted by Reeves ○
Ms Reeves was accused of caving in to Labour MPs by announcing that parents will once more be allowed to claim Universal Credit and tax reductions for their third or subsequent children.