Jobcentre Plus - An Economic and Social Safety Net

A sign for a Jobcentre Plus, in Manchester, providing the unemployed with a economic and soical safety nets, through different benefits, and information on employment opportunities on Tuesday 19th May 2015. -- Jobcentre Pluses are run as part of the United Kingdom government through the Department for Work and Pensions. The centres provide information on employment opportunities and benefits to people who are people who are out of work. People have to go to the Jobcentre to 'sign-on' as the claim for their benefit, jobseekers allowance in order they can live, without fear of becoming destitute, and look for work. In order to claim, people must provide reasonable proof that they have been actively looking for work. (Photo by Jonathan Nicholson/NurPhoto) (Photo by NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)