Definitions
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- noun A person seeking
employment . - noun UK An
unemployed person who needs to prove he is looking for work in order to obtaingovernment benefits .
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Examples
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Parts of Greater London have also been badly affected: Hackney, Kensington and Chelsea, and Sutton – have suffered the largest increases in the number of long-term jobseeker's allowance claimants.
TUC survey says new year outlook is bleak for unemployed 2010
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Pissarides expressed concern that Osborne will be tempted to look at broader social benefits such as jobseeker's allowance and housing benefit.
UK's Nobel economics laureate Christopher Pissarides warns chancellor: don't axe jobless benefits Andrew Clark 2010
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It wants to consolidate the existing 30 or more work-related benefits - such as jobseeker's allowance, housing benefit, child tax credit, working tax credit, income support and employment support allowance - into a single universal payment.
BBC News - Home 2011
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The figures revealed the impact of a record recession on the UK's finances as tax revenues were hit and spending on measures to help the economy and on benefits such as jobseeker's allowance rose.
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The figures revealed the impact of a record recession on the UK's finances as tax revenues were hit and spending on measures to help the economy and on benefits such as jobseeker's allowance rose.
icScotland 2010
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Pissarides expressed concern that Osborne will be tempted to look at broader social benefits such as jobseeker's allowance and housing benefit.
The Guardian World News Andrew Clark 2010
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London School of Economics, advised the Government against cutting broader social benefits such as jobseeker's allowance and housing benefit.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The figures revealed the impact of a record recession on the UK's finances as tax revenues were hit and spending on measures to help the economy and on benefits such as jobseeker's allowance rose.
Home 2010
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The figures revealed the impact of a record recession on the UK's finances as tax revenues were hit and spending on measures to help the economy and on benefits such as jobseeker's allowance rose.
icSolihull 2010
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The figures revealed the impact of a record recession on the UK's finances as tax revenues were hit and spending on measures to help the economy and on benefits such as jobseeker's allowance rose.
WalesOnline - Home 2010
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