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In Q3 2016, there were 28.39 million UK nationals aged 16 and over employed in the UK, up 213,000 on a year ago. 74.9% of all UK nationals aged 16–64 were in employment. The number of non-UK nationals working in the UK has also increased in the past year by 241,000 to 3.49 million. 72.8% of non-UK nationals aged 16–64 living in the UK were ...
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.
Pages in category "Unemployment in the United Kingdom" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Unemployment rate (2021) [1] This is a list of countries by unemployment rate.Methods of calculation and presentation of unemployment rate vary from country to country. Some countries count insured unemployed only, some count those in receipt of welfare benefit only, some count the disabled and other permanently unemployable people, some countries count those who choose (and are financially ...
The Unemployment Insurance Act 1920 was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It created the dole (weekly cash unemployment benefits) system of payments to unemployed workers. [1] The Act passed at a time of very little unemployment, when the Conservatives dominated Parliament.
A British 1948 National Insurance stamp, once used to collect contributions to the scheme. The National Insurance Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo 6 c. 67) was a British Act of Parliament passed during the Attlee ministry which established a comprehensive system of social security throughout the United Kingdom.
The Unemployment Act 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5.c. 29) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, reaching statute on 28 June 1934.It reduced the age at which a person entered the National Insurance scheme to 14 and made the claiming age 16 years. [1]
20 January – Unemployment exceeds the 1,000,000 mark for the first time since the 1930s, [4] almost double the 582,000 who were unemployed when Edward Heath's Conservative government came to power less than two years ago. [5]