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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Maybelyn B. Paden

Universal Credit Surge: 1.5M Added To 'No Work' List Under Keir Starmer

Britain's welfare system is buckling under extraordinary pressure after 1.5 million people were added to Universal Credit's 'no work requirements' category since Keir Starmer entered Downing Street.

The figures, reported by Express UK, reveal that nearly 4.2 million claimants now receive the benefit without any obligation to seek employment — up from 2.7 million when Labour inherited the system last July.

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