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
17 Sept 2008
Aug 2008
32.0 K
13 Aug 2008
Jul 2008
20.1 K
16 Jul 2008
Jun 2008
15.0 K
11 Jun 2008
May 2008
9.0 K
14 May 2008
Apr 2008
7.2 K
16 Apr 2008
Mar 2008
-1.2 K
19 Mar 2008
Feb 2008
0.6 K
13 Feb 2008
Jan 2008
-10.8 K
16 Jan 2008
Dec 2007
-6.4 K
12 Dec 2007
Nov 2007
-11.1 K
14 Nov 2007
Oct 2007
10.6 K
17 Oct 2007
Sep 2007
-12.8 K
12 Sept 2007
Aug 2007
-4.2 K
15 Aug 2007
Jul 2007
-6.7 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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