The number of people receiving direct welfare benefit payments in Britain has soared to an all-time high, the government has disclosed.
According to data published this week by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), 8.4 million people were receiving Universal Credit welfare payments as of May, an increase of around 700,000 from the previous year and 100,000 more than in February.
The data release comes as Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party has unveiled plans to cut welfare spending by £51 billion ($69bn) per year, which would purportedly save every British family £1,700 ($2,305) annually.
Shadow Chancellor Robert Jenrick said that, if elected…
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