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Universal Credit in 15 more jobcentres in Sussex, Scotland, Kent and the East Midlands

Today (12 October 2015) 15 more jobcentres start offering Universal Credit – the new benefit that means you are better off in work.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 12 October 2015

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

This morning all new single claimants applying for unemployment benefits at these jobcentres will start claiming Universal Credit:

• Worthing
• Littlehampton
• Bognor Regis
• Chichester
• Tonbridge
• Chatham
• Ramsgate
• Margate
• Tunbridge Wells
• Ayr
• Girvan
• Port Glasgow
• Greenock
• Kidderminster
• Evesham

Are you ready to claim Universal Credit? It’s the new benefit that makes it easier to take up a wider range of jobs and get back to work quickly.

How Universal Credit can help you into work

Universal Credit will eventually replace 6 existing benefits:

• Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Income Support
• Employment and Support Allowance
• Working Tax Credit
• Child Tax Credits
• Housing Benefit

See the list of jobcentre areas where you can claim Universal Credit.

Published 12 October 2015