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Jobseeker's Allwance, Universal Credit and National Insurance contributions

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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

Unemployed citizens in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance also receive Class 1 National Contributions for the duration of their unemployment, maintaining their entitlement to the full old age pension. I have been told that Universal Credit claimants only receive Class 3 National Insurance payments when between jobs, meaning that Universal Credit claimants could well end up retiring on a lower pension than Jobseeker's Allowance claimants for similar periods of joblessness.

Is this true?

If it is true why should Universal Credit, a benefit which is supposed to parallel receipt of income via employment, doom its claimant to a lower pension after retirement than was the case under Jobseeker's Allowance all other things being equal?

Yours faithfully,

Stephen Toy

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