The Office of National Statistics (ONS) recorded a 0.2 % drop in unemployment down to eight per cent in the last three months, with
those claiming jobseekers allowance down 5,900 to 1.59 million.
The number of people
claiming jobseekers allowance now stands at 1.6 million, up 3,000 since the last figures.
Its spokesmen are able to boast that some 75 % of people
claiming jobseekers allowance who come through its doors are off benefit again within six months.
Maybe if workless households could do that too they wouldn't have to
claim jobseekers allowance either.
Not exact matches
Only around half of claimants leaving
jobseekers allowance are still in work eight months later, a third are
claiming again.
Tribunal fees are paid, by definition, by those who have either left their jobs or are in a workplace which they find difficult to work in; therefore the fact that the costs of these tribunals is so high means it is even more difficult for mistreated employees to take action because they are likely to be
claiming jobseekers»
allowance.
Under the «Day One Support for Young People Trailblazer», young Londoners with less than six months prior paid employment were forced into 13 weeks of unpaid work experience immediately upon
claiming jobseekers»
allowance.
· you received income support, income - based
jobseeker's
allowance, income related employment and support
allowance or pension credit for the whole 2013 - 14 tax year, or according to HMRC data, you only have employment or occupational pension (unless you only have a temporary national insurance number or made a fresh
claim in 2013 - 14 but did not provide your actual previous year income at the time)
Last year 950,000 people
claimed jobseekers»
allowance (JSA), but his comments are focused on the 12 per cent who have been
claiming unemployment benefits for at least six of the last seven years.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (James Purnell): The number of people in the UK
claiming jobseeker's
allowance in October was 980,900.
In Ludlow, the number of people
claiming jobseeker's
allowance was 651.
With income support and
jobseeker's
allowance a
claim can be backdated for up to three months in certain circumstances.
Labour
claimed increases in
jobseekers»
allowance had gone up by 32 % since 2002/03, compared to a 36 % increase in private sector salaries over the same period.
The figures showed the number of people
claiming jobseeker's
allowance fell for the second month in a row by 15,200 to 1.61 million.
Despite predictions in many quarters that 3 million people would find thsemvelves out of work as a result of the recession, the number
claiming jobseeker's
allowance is also down.
Under the new rules, to be introduced in April, new European arrivals
claiming jobseeker's
allowance will not be able to receive housing benefit as well.
The number of people
claiming jobseeker's
allowance fell last month by 32,900 to 1.54 million, the fourth time the figure has fallen in the last five months.
«As highlighted by the PAC, the existing pilots (or pathfinders) are too small, and they are only dealing with claimants with straightforward circumstances — people who are single, have no dependants and would otherwise be
claiming jobseeker's
allowance.