Today Government ministers announced that jobless migrants will not be able to claim Housing Benefit from April this year. They also say that migrants will only be able to claim Jobseekers cash for six months.

Labour says it is "supportive" of the policy inspired by Tory toff...

I am currently on a DMP but circumstances have changed and our finances are in a bit of a mess. Let me explain.....

I have done another income/expenditure run down. I have gone through it plenty of times and added everything I can think of.

It boils down to having an income...

Commute three hours a day or lose benefits

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 23rd February 2013 14:41.

*Commute three hours a day or lose benefits, jobseekers are told in tough new plan* * The new rules from Universal Credit will come into force...
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Excellent Judgment in the Court of Appeal so all those that have been sanctioned can now claim backdated benefit.

Poundland Graduate Cait Reilly Wins Appeal

Please can anyone advise on this one?

My hubby's friend, became unemployed after xmas, and before long he found new work.
He registered for JSA on 7th Jan, his last date working was before Xmas - he attended appointment at the job centre 9th Jan, and was then told to come back the...

Yesterday, a family friend received 2 letters of P800 Tax calculations.

One was that of stating that she was due a refund from a 2008-09 award of £449

and

Another one to say there was an underpayment in 2010-2011, so the above refund will be used to reduce...

What more can i say come back from holiday to find My JSA is being suspended.

Now feel really fed up seems more and more problems are turning up as each day passes.

Well worth a read as it relates to the DPA

Are you a #DWP Jobcentre Customer, on a Welfare to Work(fare) Programme or worried about a referral? Then you need to Protect YOUR Personal Information! Diary of an SAH Stroke Survivor

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Mental health groups and charities attack plans drawn up by Department for Work and Pensions

Some long-term sick and disabled people face being forced to work unpaid for an unlimited amount of time or have their benefits cut under plans being drawn up by the Department for Work and Pensions....

The council tax shock of living alone

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 18th December 2011 12:07.

Local authorities are using private companies to track down people wrongly claiming single-person discount, but the innocent are also being caught...

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The 'bolt on' 1 million

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 14th December 2011 20:59.

The latest unemployment figures from the Office of National Statistics, show that the number of people claiming jobseekers' allowance last month ...

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With youth unemployment expected to crash through the one million barrier this week – and with the outlook for adults little brighter – it is like the Eighties all over again. Except in one all-important respect. Back then the first port of call when you were unemployed was the local Jobcentre,...

Jobseekers who fail to find employment will be forced to do voluntary work for 30 hours a week

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 9th November 2011 22:24.

Feckless people who fail to get a job after two years claiming out of work benefits will be forced to do voluntary...

Now it's really not that often that I ask for help so here goes.

Basics

Smashed my back in 2008, ended up in hospital blah blah blah
signed on got ESA both income based and contribution based ... apparently .. but sorting it all out, phone calls, visits to the JC,...

Conservatives crack down on jobseekers with tougher rules

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 5th October 2011 08:07.

Unemployed face losing benefit unless they spend several hours per day seeking work and accept jobs within 90-minute radius The Conservatives......