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Logo. Universal Credit is a United Kingdom based social security payment. It is means-tested and is replacing and combining six benefits, for working-age households with a low income: income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), and Income Support; Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Working Tax Credit (WTC); and Housing Benefit.
Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) is an unemployment benefit paid by the Government of the United Kingdom to people who are unemployed and actively seeking work. It is part of the social security benefits system and is intended to cover living expenses while the claimant is out of work.
With the Scotland Act 2016 only devolving some aspects of social security provisions, many services remain reserved to the UK Government, administered through the Department for Work and Pensions based on UK Government policy decisions. These include: [34] [35] Universal Credit; Jobseeker's Allowance; Employment and Support Allowance; Income ...
Caroline Lucas, 2019 English theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author Stephen Hawking was a supporter of a universal basic income. [11] [12] A system of universal basic income is supported by the Green Party of England and Wales, [13] [14] the Scottish National Party [15] Scottish Greens, [16] and the Scottish Socialist Party. [2]
Working Tax Credit (WTC) is a state benefit in the United Kingdom made to people who work and receive a low income. It was introduced in April 2003 and is a means-tested benefit . Despite the name, tax credits are not to be confused with tax credits linked to a person's tax bill , because they are used to top-up low wages.
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After the assessment, a report from an official at the DWP decides on entitlement to Employment and Support Allowance (or to an enhanced rate of Universal Credit). The process also decides whether a successful claimant is able to take part in 'work-related activity'.
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