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Welfare Benefits Handbook 2026/27
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22 Jul 2026
Chapter 28: New-style jobseeker's allowance
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Chapter 28: New-style jobseeker's allowance
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Chapter 28: New-style jobseeker’s allowance
Key facts
1. Who can get new-style jobseeker's allowance
Jobseeking periods
Linked periods
How jobseeking periods and linked periods work
Full-time paid work
Limited capability for work
Qualifying for new-style jobseeker's allowance while sick
2. The rules about your age
3. People included in the award
4. The amount of benefit
Deductions for earnings
How earnings affect your new-style jobseeker's allowance
Deductions for pension payments
Duration of new-style jobseeker's allowance
Days that count towards the 182-day total
5. Special benefit rules
6. Claims and backdating
Making a claim
Claiming national insurance credits
Who should claim
Information to support your claim
The initial interview
The date of your claim
If you fail to attend the initial interview or provide a properly completed claim
Backdating your claim
If you claim the wrong benefit
Claiming in advance
7. Getting paid
After you are awarded new-style jobseeker's allowance
Change of circumstances
Waiting days
8. Tax, other benefits and the benefit cap
Tax
Means-tested benefits
Non-means-tested benefits
The benefit cap
Other sources of help
Financial help on starting work
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CPAG. "Chapter 28: New-style jobseeker's allowance." In
Welfare Benefits Handbook 2026/27.
, 2026. Accessed August 26, 2026.
CPAG,
https://askcpag.org.uk/?id=-269926CITANCHOR.
CPAG. "Chapter 28: New-style jobseeker's allowance." In
Welfare Benefits Handbook 2026/27.
, 2026. Accessed August 26, 2026. https://askcpag.org.uk/?id=-269926CITANCHOR.
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Welfare Benefits Handbook 2026/27
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March 11, 2026
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August 26, 2026
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