The number of migrants receiving direct welfare payments from the British taxpayer has hit a record high, government data revealed this week.

Figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) showed that some 15.5 per cent of all Universal Credit (UC) welfare claimants were foreign-born, or around 1.3 million out of a total of 8.4 million people, both of which were new record highs.

The impact of Indefinite Leave to Remain on the British welfare system has become a major point of debate, given that some 1.6 million migrants who arrived under the so-called Boriswave post-Brexit influx will soon be eligible for the status.

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