Job Seekers Now Need To Claim Payments At Post Office

The option of receiving the benefit directly into your bank account will be wound down, in an effort to tackle fraud and increase footfall in post offices.

At the start of the pandemic, the Government waived the need for job seekers recipients to present to post offices. It was done as a public health measure.

There’s been some pushback from immunocompromised people, who don’t want to return to long post office queues.

The changes will initially apply to all new jobseekers applicants before extending to others in the coming months.