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Universal credit claimants soar by over a million in a year, new figures show
- In October, Department for Work and Pensions figures showed four million people claiming Universal Credit in Britain were not required to work, rising by more than a million year-on-year.
- That group includes people in full-time education, over state pension age, parents with a child under one, or those with no prospect of work, rising from 2.2 million in October 2023 to 2.9 million last year.
- Total UC caseload reached 8.3 million in October, up from 7.2 million last year, with a 159,654 rise between September and October; 1.6 million were searching for work and 2.2 million were working last month.
- A Department for Work and Pensions spokesman said it is inviting tens of thousands to move from legacy benefits, modernising jobcentres, stepping up the Get Britain Working programme, and offering paid work through the Youth Guarantee.
- The Department for Work and Pensions reported 84.3% of UC claimants were British, Irish, or unrestricted, with 9.2% on EU Settled Status and 1.5% refugees, as of Tuesday.
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