United Kingdom Claimant Count Change

Country: United Kingdom, GBP
Importance:
Medium
Sector: Labor
Last release
14 Oct 2025 06:00 GMT
Actual
25.7 K
Forecast
20.2 K
Previous
-2.0 K
Next release
19 May 2026 06:00 GMT
Actual
Coming in 21 days
Forecast
10.9 K
Previous
25.7 K
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
12 May 2010
Apr 2010
-32.0 K
21 Apr 2010
Mar 2010
-32.7 K
17 Mar 2010
Feb 2010
-40.1 K
17 Feb 2010
Jan 2010
16.2 K
20 Jan 2010
Dec 2009
-18.8 K
16 Dec 2009
Nov 2009
-8.4 K
11 Nov 2009
Oct 2009
10.6 K
14 Oct 2009
Sep 2009
15.4 K
16 Sept 2009
Aug 2009
20.2 K
12 Aug 2009
Jul 2009
21.4 K
15 Jul 2009
Jun 2009
20.9 K
17 Jun 2009
May 2009
33.7 K
12 May 2009
Apr 2009
51.9 K
22 Apr 2009
Mar 2009
65.5 K
18 Mar 2009
Feb 2009
141.9 K
11 Feb 2009
Jan 2009
62.8 K
21 Jan 2009
Dec 2008
80.8 K
17 Dec 2008
Nov 2008
90.3 K
12 Nov 2008
Oct 2008
44.6 K
15 Oct 2008
Sep 2008
45.7 K

Claimant Count Change presents the change in the number of people claiming unemployment benefits during the given month.

An increase in the claimant count is an indication of weakness in the labor narket and can have a negative effect on the GDP quotes.

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