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Jobcentre Plus contact details for claims, appointments, help finding a job and finding your nearest Jobcentre Plus
You can contact Jobcentre Plus about: new benefit claims existing benefit…
You can apply for New Style Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) online, unless…
Call the appropriate number for your benefit to: discuss a claim you’ve…
Universal Credit appointments You can change or cancel a Universal Credit…
Universal Credit is replacing 6 other benefits with a single monthly payment if you're out of work or on a low income - eligibility, how to prepare.
Universal Credit is a payment to help with your living costs. It’s paid…
You may be able to get Universal Credit if you’re on a low income or need…
Universal Credit is paid monthly. How much you get depends on: your…
If you or your partner are working, how much Universal Credit you get will…
Universal Credit is paid once a month, usually into your bank, building…
You can apply for Universal Credit online. You need to create an account…
If you need help to pay your bills or cover other costs while you wait for…
To get Universal Credit payments, you’ll need to accept an agreement…
You need to report changes to your circumstances so you keep getting the…
If you need financial support, you can get help and advice from the…
Support from Jobcentre Plus if you're recruiting - including work trials, recruitment advice, Youth Contract and other employment schemes
Jobcentre Plus has a range of recruitment services that can help you as an…
Contact the Employer Services Line for advice about recruiting for your…
A work trial is a short period in work you can offer to a jobseeker on…
Work experience Work experience is available to: all 18 to 24 year olds…
This page lists the locations and opening dates of temporary jobcentres.
Find out what ID and documents you'll need to bring to your Jobcentre Plus interview
The home of Department for Work and Pensions on GOV.UK. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department it administe…
Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) is an unemployment benefit you can claim while looking for work - how to apply online, New Style Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), eligibility, rates, rapid reclaim, JSA interview, when payme…
Statistics on the number of starts to the Pathways to Work programme in Jobcentre Plus areas and the corresponding numbers of job entries.
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) money if you cannot work because of illness or disability - rates, eligibility, apply, assessment.
Apply for Carer's Allowance - money to help you look after someone who needs to be cared for. Apply online or use form DS700.
This register lists all the jobcentre addresses in Great Britain.
If you don’t have enough to live on while you wait for your first payment you may be able to get an advance of your first Universal Credit payment.
How to set up or manage a child maintenance arrangement, including what to do if a parent does not pay, how to contact the Child Maintenance Service, and signing in to your account.
The Minister for Employment has announced 80 new temporary jobcentres.
Jobcentres will remain open, as they have throughout the pandemic, to provide essential services to those we cannot help remotely.
A groundbreaking training partnership to help jobcentre staff better support Universal Credit claimants who are blind or have visual impairments launches today.
This consultation seeks views on the proposed closure of Finchley Jobcentre.
This consultation seeks views on the proposed closure of Edgware Jobcentre.
This consultation seeks views on the proposed closure of Wellington Jobcentre.
This consultation seeks views on the proposed closure of Highgate Jobcentre.
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