EXPLOSIVE - Our No.1 report of 2026 – 86 billion reasons for taxpayers to question mass immigration
Controversial, but based on official data, the cost to cover the non-UK part of the population has shocked people
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This 2-Part ‘Immigration Costs Special’ is our most popular so far this year
Our two-part report on the gross cost of mass immigration to the United Kingdom has exploded in popularity. In just 48 hours this report became the most-viewed in the whole of 2026.
These two reports summarised how much the non-UK-born section of the population is costing the country.
The Brexit Facts4EU ‘Costs of Immigration Special’
- Part I – Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Dept for Education: £18.7bn
- Part II – NHS, Dept for Work and Pensions: £67.3bn
- GRAND ANNUAL TOTAL: £ 68.0 BILLION
For the past two weeks the think-tank Facts4EU, together with colleagues at Stand for Our Sovereignty (SOS) and The Campaign for an Independent Britain (CIBUK), have diligently combed through all the official financial information from government departments. For what we believe is a media first, we were able to give readers a realistic view of how much mass immigration – both legal and illegal – is costing the country in gross terms on an annual basis.
In Part I on Tuesday, we revealed the amounts now being spent each year by the Home Office, the Ministry of Justice, and the Dept for Education. By interrogating their reports and accounts, as well as dozens of detailed files, we established an interim total of £18.7 billion.
In Part II on Wednesday (09 Sept), we followed up with the amounts being spent by the NHS on healthcare for immigrants and the spend by the Dept for Work and Pensions on the benefits being paid to them, totalling £67.3 billion.
The grand total comes to £86 BILLION – in one year
This is almost £2,200 per taxpayer per year
The total we arrived at is more than the taxpayer is paying for the Government’s first duty - the defence of the Realm - which Andy Burnham now apparently puts as secondary to the need to fund benefits. In response to Leader of HM’s Official Opposition Kemi Badenoch’s question at PMQs on Wednesday, this is what he said:
“I say to the Rt Hon Lady that, yes, we do everything to support our national security, but it cannot come at the expense of social security.
Having strong national security also depends on resilience in our communities. We on the Labour Benches will not be forced to choose between the two…”
- The Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP, PMQs, Wed 09 Sept 2026
The Ministry of Defence’s budget for 2025/6 was £62.0 billion.
Our total gross annual cost for the costs of the non-UK part of the population is nearly 40% more than we give to the MoD.
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Burnham's migrant benefits versus defending the Realm
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Readers who missed our two reports, on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, can view them on our news page, or by clicking on the links at the top of this article.
We cannot say they encompass all the costs of the combined effects of mass immigration over many years, nor can we say categorically that every individual departmental total is precise. The reason is because Whitehall departments have notoriously been reluctant to attribute their spending in this way. However, given the acute public interest in this topic we suggest these reports provide a useful backdrop to the debate.
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[ Sources: Hansard | Ministry of Defence | Facts4EU Special Report ] Politicians and journalists can contact us for details, as ever.
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