Sentences with phrase «jobseekers allowance either»

In R (Reilly) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2013] UKSC 68 the court confirmed that regulations governing a skills scheme for people on jobseekers allowance were ultra vires the Jobseekers Act 1995 because, among other things, they were imprecise.

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.

Rachel Reeves said the jobs guarantee will force under - 25s who have been out of a year into a minimum wage job, but will only do the same for over 25s after two years on jobseekers allowance.

Benefits for anyone currently receiving incapacity benefit who fails a new work test will be cut by # 25 a week by moving them to jobseekers allowance.

In addition, these job losses alone would cost the Treasury around # 900m in additional jobseekers allowance and other benefits.

Maybe if workless households could do that too they wouldn't have to claim jobseekers allowance either.

A small but significant number of repeat claimants had worked out that the way to stay on benefit was simply to apply for jobseekers allowance as a new claimant.

Only around half of claimants leaving jobseekers allowance are still in work eight months later, a third are claiming again.

The number of people claiming jobseekers allowance now stands at 1.6 million, up 3,000 since the last figures.

The warning came as Iain Duncan Smith champions the rollout of the «claimant commitment», a key part of the coalition's welfare reforms which forces those on jobseekers allowance to treat looking for work as a «full - time job».

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.

Not exact matches

One option for funding places could be to allow more people to collect jobseeker's allowance while they study part - time.

There are no more welfare cuts on the horizon, but the chancellor was keen to do some tabloid - friendly tinkering with jobseekers» allowance.

Housing benefit, DLA, incapacity benefits were included, but jobseekers» allowance, which tends to rise rather quickly when unemployment goes up, is not.

The chancellor also said he would seek to end youth unemployment by giving jobless 18 - to 21 - year - olds six months to find work or training before their jobseeker's allowance would be withdrawn.

It replaces personal tax allowances, and most means - tested benefits including jobseeker's allowance, child benefit, the basic state pension and tax credits.

Those in receipt of working - age benefits including - child benefit, child tax credit, income support, universal credit and jobseekers» allowance - have more reason than most to worry about inflation as all of these have just been frozen for four years, along with local housing allowances which determine housing benefit rates.

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.

She said: «The youth allowance that will replace JSA [jobseeker's allowance] will be paid at # 57 a week, which is the same as young person's JSA but it will be means tested on parental income.

The coalition's plans include capping housing benefit at around # 400 - a-week for a four - bedroom home, and cutting the benefit for anyone on jobseeker's allowance for more than a year by 10 %.

The shadow home secretary also proposed a habitual residence test for jobseekers» allowance, controls on EU movement after the accession of Bulgaria and Romania and, worst of all, arrest powers for UKBA — easily the most incompetent, heartless and cack - handed division of government.

A million and a half are on 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)

It's high in terms of unemployment and jobseekers» allowance claimants: over 1,000 jobs have been lost in the last 12 months, in a development Rees describes as «devastating».

Unemployment fell at the tail end of 2009 but the number of people seeking jobseeker's allowance shot up by 20,000.

From early 2014 EU nationals who can not prove they looked for work six months after arriving in the UK will lose jobseekers» allowance and other benefits.

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 universal credit bundles together the six main benefits - jobseeker's allowance, income support, employment and support allowance, working tax credit, child tax credit and housing benefit - into a single payment.

The report also recommended sickness benefits are reviewed, with the employment and support allowance (ESA) for people in the work - related activity group reduced to the level of jobseekers» allowance.

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.

The test will put people either on to jobseekers» allowance (if they're fit for work); employment and support allowance (ESA) work - related activity group (if they need support to prepare for work and need continued support in the workplace) or ESA support group (if their impairment prevents them from working).

The move would mean that those on jobseekers» allowance for over a year would have housing benefit cut by ten per cent from 2013.

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.

Under Mr Miliband's plan, the Scottish Parliament will be given the power to «top up» payments which are reserved to Westminster, including jobseeker's allowance, disability living allowance or even the state pension.

An analysis by Tribune magazine of the latest unemployment statistics shows that 12 out of 15 constituencies with the highest percentage of jobseeker's allowance (JSA) claimants are held by Labour MPs.

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.

«I signed on to jobseeker's allowance, which wasn't something I wanted to do,» he says.

Children of families receiving income support, employment support allowance (income - related) or income - based jobseeker's allowance are entitled to receive free school meals.

The main «out - of - work» benefit is jobseeker's allowance (JSA) and there are two versions of this, contribution - based JSA and income - based JSA.

You can get it automatically if you're on the state pension or get another social security benefit, such as pension credit, jobseeker's allowance (JSA), or income - related employment and support allowance (ESA).

In addition, you're eligible if you get income support, income - based jobseeker's allowance, income - related employment and support allowance or universal credit (you're excluded if you're employed or self - employed) AND you either have a child who is disabled or under five living with you, or you get a disability or pensioner premium.

This kind of loan is offered by the Government to those on income support, income - related allowance, income - based jobseeker's allowance and pension credit.

Alternatively, a false P45 coupled with statements showing no salary payment, but instead jobseekers» allowance, could falsely demonstrate a lost job.