welfare

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Dec 17, 2025 • via The Telegraph

Free BBC Licences Crown Welfare Perks

£378bn benefits bill funds screens for six million inactive adults

Labour proposes free TV licences for benefits claimants amid surging welfare costs and BBC revenue collapse. This rewards inactivity as six million working-age adults stay out of work, taxing payers further.

Dec 17, 2025 • via The Telegraph

Two hundred sanctions daily fail to curb migrant benefit claims

198,771 breaches, £10bn yearly cost, 1.3m foreign claimants

DWP sanctions migrants over 200 times daily for UC non-compliance, yet claims hit records at 472 sign-ups per day and £10bn annual cost. Systemic gaps persist across governments, straining taxpayers amid welfare explosion. (147 chars)