"The UK population is estimated to have grown by nearly three million between 2020 and 2025, official figures show, not by 12 million as stated by Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe. In an interview for Sky News broadcast on Wednesday, Sir Jim said: The population of the UK was 58 million in 2020, now it's 70 million that's 12 million people. It had climbed to just under 69.5 million by mid-2025, an increase since 2020 of almost 2.8 million."
"It had climbed to just under 69.5 million by mid-2025, an increase since 2020 of almost 2.8 million. The UK population reached 58 million in mid-1995, not in 2020, and passed 59 million in 2001. The population has grown by 12 million since mid-1991, when it stood at an estimated 57.4 million, not since 2020. Sir Jim also told Sky News: You can't have an economy with nine million people on benefits."
"The latest available figures from the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) show there were 8,400,344 people in Britain claiming universal credit (UC) in December 2025. A further 233,170 people in Northern Ireland were claiming UC as of August 2025, according to the latest data from the Department for Communities. These figures are snapshots of different moments in time, but together they suggest at least 8.6 million people across the UK were likely to be claiming universal credit towards the end of 2025."
The UK population is estimated to have grown by almost 2.8 million between 2020 and mid-2025, reaching just under 69.5 million. The population reached 58 million in mid-1995 and passed 59 million in 2001; the population has grown by 12 million since mid-1991, when it was about 57.4 million. There were 8,400,344 universal credit claimants in Britain in December 2025 and a further 233,170 in Northern Ireland in August 2025, suggesting at least 8.6 million UK claimants towards the end of 2025. Universal credit replaced several previous means-tested benefits and covers both low-income workers and people out of work. Of the 8.4 million claimants in Britain, 2.2 million were in work and 4.2 million were classed as not required to work.
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