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Following a ministerial
announcement in May, the new Better Off in Work Credit (BWC)
will be piloted throughout Jobcentre Plus in Yorkshire and the
Humber from 27 October. BWC aims to ensure that people who
have been on benefits continuously for 26 weeks or more – and who
move into full-time work - will receive an income from work,
including any in work benefits, of at least £25 more than they
received from out of work benefits. This is intended to remove an
important barrier to people taking jobs and to help them to move
into and settle into work. The pilot is expected to last
for at least a year; if it is successful, it will be rolled out
nationally in 2009/10.
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BETTER OFF IN WORK CREDIT
