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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 payment can be stopped
You can apply for New Style Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) to help you when…
To be eligible for New Style Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) you’ll need to…
Before you apply for New Style Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), check if…
If you’re invited to an interview, you must attend. It will be at your…
When you apply to claim JSA, your work coach will make an agreement with…
As long as you’re still eligible, you’ll keep getting income-based…
You must tell Jobcentre Plus if your circumstances change, for example you…
Help if you're looking for a new job, are out of work or affected by redundancy. Includes Universal Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA).
You may be able to claim New Style Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) with, or instead of, Universal Credit, depending on your National Insurance record.
Guidance on finding work, claiming benefits, managing debts and pensions if you’re being made redundant.
The Prime Minister has outlined a package of sweeping reforms to put work at the heart of welfare and deliver on his “moral mission” to give everyone who is able to work, the best possible chance of staying in, or...
British and Irish citizens and people with valid immigration status escaping the violence in Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories or Lebanon can claim benefits from the day they arrive in the UK.
If your employer is 'insolvent' this means it cannot pay its debts - your rights if this happens, claiming money owed to you, where to get advice
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) money if you cannot work because of illness or disability - rates, eligibility, apply, assessment.
Find out about help you can get moving from benefits to work - work trials, programmes and clubs, New Enterprise Allowance, help with drug or alcohol problems, carer support
Benefits you can claim if you go abroad and countries with social security arrangements with the UK
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