{"id":65388,"date":"2015-12-14T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T07:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=d08880d498b7c25412169a782df967ba"},"modified":"2015-12-14T07:00:09","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T07:00:09","slug":"news-story-universal-credit-now-in-three-quarters-of-all-jobcentres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=65388","title":{"rendered":"News story: Universal Credit now in three-quarters of all jobcentres"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Universal Credit is now available in over 76% of all jobcentres across the country, making work pay and helping people into work faster.<\/p>\n<p>The new system is designed to ensure people will be better off in work. People claiming Universal Credit are significantly more likely to find employment than those on Jobseeker\u2019s Allowance and for the first time ever, we are supporting claimants to earn more and progress in their careers.<\/p>\n<p>Today, single jobseekers will be able to claim Universal Credit in: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brighton<\/li>\n<li>Hove<\/li>\n<li>Kirkintilloch<\/li>\n<li>Peterborough<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Are you ready to claim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/universal-credit\">Universal Credit<\/a>? It\u2019s the new benefit that makes it easier to take up a wider range of jobs and get back to work quickly.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GtreNGmeexo&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;list=PLeysxjNpEPy_UnItAtlw9u3tTwE4oMIiL\">How Universal Credit can help you into work<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Universal Credit will eventually replace 6 existing benefits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jobseeker\u2019s Allowance<\/li>\n<li>Income Support<\/li>\n<li>Employment and Support Allowance<\/li>\n<li>Working Tax Credit<\/li>\n<li>Child Tax Credits<\/li>\n<li>Housing Benefit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/jobcentres-where-you-can-claim-universal-credit\">list of jobcentre areas where you can claim Universal Credit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New milestone reached with over a quarter of a million claims made to Universal Credit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}