The Job Lot, starring Russell Tovey and Sarah Hadland, was set in a busy West Midlands job centre. The series was produced by Big Talk Productions and written by Claire Downes, Stuart Lane and Ian Jarvis. Love on the Dole is a novel by Walter Greenwood, about working class poverty in 1930s northern England. It has been made into both a play and film. British reggae band UB40 are named after the paper form with the same name (Unemployment Benefit, form 40) that was used to apply for unemployment benefit. Winding-up of Jobcentre Plus Jobcentre Plus as an executive agency ceased to exist as of 4 October 2011. Services offered by Jobcentre Plus are now offered directly by the Department for Work and Pensions. Although the Jobcentre Plus corporate brand remains in place at the present time, it functions only as a public brand of the Department, rather than a separate entity. See also Act for the Relief of the Poor 1601 International Labour Organization Trades Union Congress References External links BBC report into the Work and Pensions Select Committee report into job cuts and poor services at Jobcentre Plus March 2006 Select Committee report into Efficiency Savings Programme in Jobcentre Plus Written and Oral evidence submitted to the Work and Pensions Select Committee into the failure of the Efficiency Savings Programme in Jobcentre Plus Varney Report (Pre Budget 2006) - transforming the delivery of public services. The review looks at how the channels through which services are delivered can be made more efficient and responsive to the needs of citizens and businesses. Unemployment in the United Kingdom Defunct executive agencies of the United Kingdom government Department for Work and Pensions Employment agencies of the United Kingdom 1910 establishments in the United Kingdom 2011 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Government agencies established in 1910 2002 establishments in the United Kingdom 2002 introductions Public employment service