Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook 2024/25Part 3: Other means-tested benefits and tax creditsChapter 12: Income-based jobseeker's allowance 6. Claims and backdating
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6. Claims and backdating
No one can now make a new claim for income-based jobseeker’s allowance (JSA) - see here. For the rules that applied to income-based JSA, see pp259–65 of the 2020/21 edition of this Handbook.
Note:
    •If you form a couple with someone who is already getting income-based JSA, they may be able to request a supersession of their award to include a couple allowance and additional premiums in respect of you. Get advice.
    •If you meet the conditions for income-based JSA but cannot claim it, you may be able to claim universal credit instead (see Chapter 3).
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