So 7 weeks on, i've applied for 5 jobs and had 2 interviews. Guessing I never got the jobs as neither company got back to me, I chased them up but kept being told someone would phone me. Thank you very much Manpower and Tesco.
Still not getting job seekers allowance, sent the reclaim off 7 weeks ago but nothing's still been done about it, couldn't even get a £50 crisis loan ha ha ha.
I'm pretty much expecting a letter soon from DWP/HMRC saying that I now owe so much in National Insurance, it just gets better and better.