UK Benefits Scandal: 3.4 Million New Claimants are Not British Citizens

UK Benefits Scandal: 3.4 million new claimants are not British citizens

Rupert Lowe MP has tweeted what could be the beginnings of exposing a massive Universal Credit scandal.  A scandal in which British taxpayers are funding an extraordinary number of foreign nationals which the Government has tried to keep hidden from public view.

RHODA WILSON

Universal Credit is a government-funded benefit in the UK, paid in monthly or twice-monthly instalments to assist with living costs, with amounts ranging between £300 and £600, and potentially up to £800 – £900 or more per month when combined with other benefits.  The benefit is available to those who are in work, on a low income, or out of work, with the amount received depending on factors such as income, work hours, and family status.

The benefits, funded by National Insurance (a tax paid by most UK workers to qualify for certain benefits and the State Pension), are paid out by the Department for Work and Pensions (“DWP”).  DWP is responsible for the overall policy and administration including setting the rules, rates, and eligibility criteria for the benefit.

Public funds, including Universal Credit, are restricted for people with a “no recourse to public funds” condition on their visa, which can apply to those with permission to enter or stay in the UK, including those with spousal visas.   Exceptions to this condition exist for certain benefits, and some people, such as British or Irish citizens, EU settled status holders and refugees, are generally eligible for benefits

Asylum support, including housing and money, can be provided to people and families while their refugee status is being determined, and once granted refugee status, they can apply for benefits and arrange housing.

The Habitual Residency Test is used to determine a foreign national’s eligibility for accessing benefits in the UK.  The test is also applicable for British citizens who have returned from abroad to check their factual habitual residency in the UK.

Rupert Lowe, Reform UK Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth, tweeted on 12 November an overview of statistics regarding the nationality of those who are passing the Habitual Residency Test to be eligible for Universal Credit payments.  “I have been reliably informed by a central DWP whistle-blower, that these numbers of British citizens equal roughly 10% of overall tests passed,” he tweeted.

That means roughly 10% of those who pass the Habitual Residency Test and so become eligible for Universal Credit are British citizens returning from overseas and the remainder, 90%, are foreign nationals.  As Mr. Lowe demonstrated in his tweet, this equates to just under 3.4 million foreign nationals being granted Universal Credit benefits from April 2019 to September 2024 – over 50,000 additional foreign nationals being approved to receive benefits paid for by UK taxpayers every singl month.

In the video below. Daniel ShenSmith (also known as the BlackBeltBarrister) explains more.

This article (UK Benefits Scandal: 3.4 million new claimants are not British citizens) was created and published by The Expose and is republished here under “Fair Use” with attribution to the author Rhoda Wilson

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