Today we announce a start of a new campaign called “Unlawful Sanctions”. This campaign has been setup with its own website to highlight and fight the Jobseekers Allowance sanction regime with the campaign stating that benefit sanctions are an unlawful attack on the poor.
["Social Security: JSA Benefit Sanctions are Unlawful!"] | 48 Comments!We have received reports that some Flexible New Deal providers are requesting the following evidence for the initial interview: Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) signing book (ES40) A passport, driving licence (card type with photo), birth certificate or medical card
["Flexible New Deal: providers request passport, driving licence or birth certificate"] | 17 Comments!Warning about new Jobseeker Agreements OK, this is not entirely new but Jobseekers might not be aware of the difference in their Jobseeker’s Agreement(JSAg) if they modify it or if they are creating a new one for a new claim.
["Warning about new Jobseeker Agreements"] | 10 Comments!We have previously highlighted the Jobseekers Allowance Scandal of how the weekly rate doesn’t include any money to seek employment and what the £64.30 weekly payment is intended to cover. We will now highlight “How generous is Jobseekers Allowance?” and further criticise the amount of JSA.
["Is Jobseekers Allowance actually enough to live on?"] | 15 Comments!New Deal Scandal can today reveal the official DWP response of how the £64.50 (over 25) Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) is calculated, after the Department for Work and Pensions responded to a Freedom of Information Act request.
["£64.30 weekly jobseekers allowance broken into costs"] | 14 Comments!New Deal Scandal can reveal that Jobseekers on average are spending up to a fifth (20%) of their benefit seeking employment in the recession. Jobseekers Allowance is the minimum the law says you need to live on. This doesn’t include costs of seeking employment. TUC states this should be increased to £75 per week. Jobseekers [...]
["Jobseekers in Recession spend up to 20% of their benefit seeking employment"] | 4 Comments!It is official – the Government has succeeded with its campaign against bullying genuine claimants from claiming benefits they are legally entitled to. In a survey of the 100 most annoying things for 2008, benefit scroungers bet the Credit Crunch and Gordon Brown to the top spot.
["Benefit scroungers are Britains most annoying pet hate"] | 12 Comments!After some extensive research into UK Unemployment Benefit (Jobseekers Allowance) and New Deal related legislation, New Deal Scandal can inform you, confirmed by DWP, that the £4 weekly travel deductions are unlawful. This means New Deal participants past and present are entitled to be reimbursed.
["Been on New Deal? You are likely to be owed over £50"] | 43 Comments!As a Jobseekers Allowance claimant myself (when my claim hasn’t been stopped or suspended for trivial reasons such as not attending an interview they never told me about) I am not surprised that the National Audit Office (NAO) has reported a £1.2 billion under spend last year. To stick this figure into prospective (remember it [...]
["£1.2 billion DWP Fraud: DWP Underspend, Claimants struggle"] | 5 Comments!So you are unemployed, about to make a claim for Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) or have made a new claim for Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) however not attended an New Jobseeker Interview (NJI) yet. This article explains what you need to know about claiming Jobseekers Allowance. You wouldn’t have thought that the Jobseekers Agreement (JSAg) would be [...]
["How to negotiate a Jobseekers Agreement"] | 3 Comments!Jobseekers Allowance: the Scandal (A MUST READ FOR ALL JOBSEEKERS) How many scandals can there possibly be?! Its becoming crazy now…
["Jobseekers Allowance Scandal"] | 33 Comments!As from today the New Deal Scandal network will be also promoting the abolishment of the Jobseekers Agreement (JSAg), an proposed act of Welfare Reform
["Abolish the Jobseekers Agreement"] | 21 Comments!I was reading a great article on Welfare Reform (the Welfare Reform Bill 2009) however I greatly disagreed with the points made in the article so I decided to quote sections of it and comment! The Welfare Reform Bill is to be a tough piece of legislation that will compel people in meeting with their [...]
["Welfare Reform: Criticism"] | 18 Comments!
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