Jobseeker

At its most extreme, this would mean someone claiming £64.30 in Jobseeker's and £250 in housing benefit per week would end up with £39.30 a week left over.

Housing benefit cuts: what's the real truth? Jamie Doward 2010

The bill, the Welfare Reform Bill, would among other things merge a number of existing benefits - including those for unemployment known as "Jobseeker's Allowance," and housing - into a single so-called universal benefit, and set a limit of about $42,000 on the amount any individual family could receive in a year.

NYT > Home Page By SARAH LYALL 2011

The recession has hit businesses while rising dole queues have also dented the tax take and forced more Government spending on unemployment benefits, such as Jobseeker's Allowance, now claimed by more than 1.5 million people.

Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009

Nearly a third of this spending was accounted for by social benefits such as Jobseeker's Allowance - the so-called "bill for failure" - which hit £16. 2bn.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009

Nearly a third of this spending was accounted for by social benefits such as Jobseeker's Allowance - the so-called "bill for failure" - which hit £16. 2bn.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009

Go to your local job centre and claim benefits such as Jobseeker's Allowance.

This is Money | Home 2009

However, sterling weakened immediately after the figures were released due to a sharper-than-expected increase in the number of people claiming the Jobseeker's Allowance jobless benefit.

U.K. Jobs Data Paint Mixed Picture Ainsley Thomson 2011

Some economists noted that there had been a smaller-than-expected rise of 3,000 in the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance unemployment benefit in November—the narrower but most up-to-date measure of joblessness.

U.K. Unemployment Hits 17-Year High Nicholas Winning 2011

The ONS said the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance posted a larger-than-expected rise of 24,500 in June, the biggest rise since May 2009 and boosting the claimant count rate by 0.1 of a percentage point to 4.7%.

U.K. Jobseekers Grow in Number Nicholas Winning 2011

The Office for National Statistics Wednesday said that the number of people claiming the Jobseeker's Allowance jobless benefit increased by 37,100 in July—the largest monthly rise since May 2009.

U.K. Unemployment Rate Jumps Ainsley Thomson 2011