{"id":68535,"date":"2016-03-14T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T07:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=7e69353c5e937420055f140f80d21f1b"},"modified":"2016-03-14T07:00:20","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T07:00:20","slug":"news-story-every-jobcentre-in-london-and-home-counties-switched-to-universal-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=68535","title":{"rendered":"News story: Every jobcentre in London and home counties switched to Universal Credit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Almost 11,500 people are claiming Universal Credit in the capital and surrounding area and around a third are in work.<\/p>\n<p>With 9 more jobcentres switching to Universal Credit for single jobseekers today, 674 jobcentres around the country now offer the new benefit.<\/p>\n<p>By spring this year, every jobcentre in the country will offer the new benefit.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Today marks a real milestone \u2013 with the roll out of Universal Credit now complete in London.<\/p>\n<p>Universal Credit offers better work incentives, and allows people to keep more of what they earn than the current system. It helps people move into work faster and earn more \u2013 giving them the confidence, self-esteem, and security that a job and a pay packet brings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">It\u2019s great that people right across London will now have the opportunity to benefit from its transformational effects.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Today, all single jobseekers will be able to claim Universal Credit in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tottenham<\/li>\n<li>Wood Green<\/li>\n<li>Kentish Town<\/li>\n<li>Loftus<\/li>\n<li>Guisborough<\/li>\n<li>Redcar<\/li>\n<li>Eston<\/li>\n<li>Wisbech<\/li>\n<li>Kings Lynn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Universal Credit is designed to ensure people will always be better off in work. <\/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>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\/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>Over 95% of jobcentres now offer 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\/68535"}],"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=68535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}