jobseeker's allowance
Britishnoun
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Universal credit is a benefit for working-age people which replaces six former payments, including income support, housing benefit and income-based jobseeker's allowance.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2021
In 2010, she appeared on the Channel 4 documentary series Tower Block of Commons, which challenged politicians to live on a council estate and get by on jobseeker's allowance.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2021
It replaces six benefits - income support, income-based jobseeker's allowance, income-related employment and support allowance, housing benefit, child tax credit and working tax credit - and merges them into one payment:
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2019
Or, more likely, you’ll be leading yourself and I’ll be claiming jobseeker’s allowance.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 4, 2015
They amount to over £14bn – that is, almost three times the £5bn paid out that year in income-based jobseeker’s allowance.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 6, 2014
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