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Sampling Basis New regulations: Extract: 5. 4. The Secretary of State may select a claimant (“C”) for participation in the Scheme either— (a)in accordance with regulation 5, where C has never been selected for participation in the Work Programme within the meaning of regulation 3(8) of...

This October will see the introduction of pilot job search schemes, where unemployed benefit claimants will be required to carry out 35 hours of supervised job searches every week. From next month, claimants will be expected to sign an attendance register at a local Job Centre provider at nine...

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/may/14/more-jobseekers-allowance-claimants-subject-benefit-sanctions Advice from third parties (even people in the welfare business) is often (=always?) poor. Sometimes it can't be helped though. Down to personality incompatibilities with the Job Centre...

Square Pegs in Round Holes Blurb: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jobseekers-allowance-overview-of-sanctions-rules https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/238839/jsa-overview-of-revised-sanctions-regime.pdf

They can see you Coming! If you have not got a home computer (bad excuse) and you are skint, unemployed can use the library for free to look for jobs. You can also get a cheap second hand computer (discount) that works OK. And you get a version of Office for £100 (desktop) and £150 (a laptop)...

Best policy and differs from advice sometimes given. It is possible to crash into a zealot or get a personality clash.

The advice given by outside agencies on how to deal with the DWP is wrong! That is the scroungers manifesto. It needs fine judgement not to be identified as a malingerer. With a few exceptions most people are quite keen to get a "suitable" job. Best if these others don't get a job as they muck...