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  • noun UK A government-funded agency that helps the unemployed to find work.

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Examples

  • But when she called the Jobcentre Plus in Thetford, Norfolk, where the advertisement was posted to inquire about applicants, a worker at the job site said the ad would not be displayed.

    canada.com Top Stories 2010

  • But when Ms Mamo called the Jobcentre Plus in Thetford, Norfolk, the following day she was told that her advert would not be displayed instore.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • But when Ms Mamo called the Jobcentre Plus in Thetford, Norfolk, the following day she was told that her advert would not be displayed instore.

    Latest Articles 2010

  • McFarlane called Jobcentre Plus on August 12, 2008 to make his first fraudulent benefit application for JSA.

    Kos RSS Feed 2009

  • Previously, the critical target of government programmes was to get people off the books of organisations such as Jobcentre Plus, so the end result was less important.

    New Statesman 2010

  • We are also concerned by the extent to which running cost reductions depend on the Department's optimistic assumption that, in future, 80% of Jobcentre Plus customers will deal with their claims online, even though at the moment only 17% do so.

    Public accounts committee's question welfare reforms 2011

  • The coalition then decided to end Jobcentre Plus's status as an agency and bring the function in-house in 2011.

    Hugh Muir's diary 2011

  • He had been headhunted from Ealing council to be chief executive of Jobcentre Plus and have deputy secretary rank at the Department of Work and Pensions in 2009 – One of the most senior black and ethnic minority civil servants.

    Hugh Muir's diary 2011

  • Osborne will also announce the funding of 80,000 extra places on a scheme run by Jobcentre Plus, under which the government pays for young people to continue receiving jobseeker's allowance during a two-month work placement.

    Chancellor will use budget to create 50,000 apprenticeships 2011

  • In its report titled Reducing Costs in the Department for Work and Pensions, the committee says that Jobcentre Plus plans to become a smaller organisation and to rationalise its existing offices to correspond with the increase in online applications.

    DWP has no clear plan for online services 2011

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