All articles featuring 'Job Seekers Allowance'

Unemployment hits 16-year high

15 February 2012

The figure jumped by 48,000 in the three months to December to 2.67 million, the highest since the end of 1995

Unemployment reaches 17-year high

12 October 2011

As unemployment reaches huge levels, the Prime Minister admits the Government has to do more to help the economy

Unemployment down but number still high

15 June 2011

Unemployment has fallen by 88,000, while the number of people in work has increased by a similar number

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Cold weather payments: who qualifies?

2 December 2010

The freezing temperatures across the UK have triggered the benefit payout, but how does it work?

Benefits shake-up: warning for non-working claimants

11 November 2010

Tough welfare rules will strip the unemployed of handouts for up to three years if they refuse to work

Support for mortgage interest benefit cut by thousands of pounds

29 September 2010

230,000 struggling householders will see state handouts dive by a typical £3,700 a year from October

Benefits hope for tax blunder victims

17 September 2010

Victims of the blunder which will see 1.4 million people asked to pay cash back may qualify for increased state handouts

Record employment leap but jobless total 'worrying'

15 September 2010

Britain saw the largest employment rise on record but unemployment fell by less than hoped in the three months to July

Unemployment hits 14-year high: Help ease the gloom

16 September 2009

The number out of work has not been higher since 1995. If you're hit, follow our tips to relieve the financial woe

Unemployment continues to rise

22 April 2009

Unemployment rose to 2.1m in February, according to figures released this morning by the Office for National Statistics

Unemployment tops two million

18 March 2009

Unemployment has broken the two million mark for the first time since 1997 as the recession continues to bite

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