{"id":67805,"date":"2016-02-22T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T07:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=1906712c01bb560278a80ba58ec0c2e8"},"modified":"2016-02-22T07:00:01","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T07:00:01","slug":"news-story-90-of-jobcentres-now-offer-universal-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=67805","title":{"rendered":"News story: 90% of jobcentres now offer Universal Credit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Over 364,000 people have now made a claim to Universal Credit, with over 10,500 new claims every week on average. <\/p>\n<p>The new system is designed to ensure people will be better off in work and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/universal-credit-29-apr-2013-to-4-feb-2016\">latest statistics<\/a> show that people on Universal Credit are finding work faster and earning more. <\/p>\n<p>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 (22 February 2016), single jobseekers will be able to claim Universal Credit in: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Luton<\/li>\n<li>Biggleswade<\/li>\n<li>Leighton Buzzard<\/li>\n<li>Dunstable<\/li>\n<li>Barry<\/li>\n<li>Penarth<\/li>\n<li>Jarrow<\/li>\n<li>South Shields<\/li>\n<li>Cramlington<\/li>\n<li>Blyth<\/li>\n<li>Bedlington<\/li>\n<li>Ashington<\/li>\n<li>Morpeth<\/li>\n<li>Hexham<\/li>\n<li>Alnwick<\/li>\n<li>Berwick<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\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.<br \/>\n<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\/guidance\/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>Today, 16 more jobcentres will start offering the new benefit.<\/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\/67805"}],"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=67805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}