Benefits and pensions for foreign nationals ‘cost £23bn’

Almost 2million foreign nationals now get benefits in Britain

Analysis has found 1.3million people who are not British citizens receive Universal Credit, including 745,000 Europeans who stayed after Brexit.

It’s called ‘the benefits trap’

Britain's colossal benefits bill for foreign households could fund pensions for ONE MILLION Britons

Britain's colossal benefits bill for foreign households could fund pensions for ONE MILLION Britons . Britain's staggering benefits bill for foreign households could fund pensions for close to one million Britons, according to Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures

Nearly two million foreign nationals ​'receiving benefits or state pension'

Leading think tank estimates £23bn was spent on handouts, pensions and child-related support received by foreign nationals last year

Benefits and pensions for foreign nationals ‘cost £23bn’

Spending on benefits and pensions for foreign nationals totalled about £23bn in 2025, according to a leading think tank, amid calls for a rethink on the impcat of immigration and the welfare system.  The Centre for Social Justice estimated that the UK government spent about £23bn on benefits, pensions and child-related support for non-British nationals [...]