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 Sept 2023
Aug 2023
0.9 K
-6.0 K
15 Aug 2023
Jul 2023
29.1 K
-7.3 K
11 Jul 2023
Jun 2023
25.7 K
-8.6 K
13 Jun 2023
May 2023
-13.6 K
-9.6 K
16 May 2023
Apr 2023
46.7 K
-10.8 K
18 Apr 2023
Mar 2023
28.2 K
-11.8 K
14 Mar 2023
Feb 2023
-11.2 K
-12.4 K
14 Feb 2023
Jan 2023
-12.9 K
-12.9 K
17 Jan 2023
Dec 2022
19.7 K
-13.3 K
13 Dec 2022
Nov 2022
30.4 K
-13.3 K
15 Nov 2022
Oct 2022
3.3 K
-12.6 K
11 Oct 2022
Sep 2022
25.5 K
-11.4 K
13 Sept 2022
Aug 2022
6.3 K
-9.2 K
16 Aug 2022
Jul 2022
-10.6 K
-6.1 K
19 Jul 2022
Jun 2022
-20.1 K
-2.1 K
14 Jun 2022
May 2022
-19.7 K
2.5 K
17 May 2022
Apr 2022
-56.9 K
7.4 K
12 Apr 2022
Mar 2022
-46.9 K
12.5 K
15 Mar 2022
Feb 2022
-48.1 K
17.8 K
15 Feb 2022
Jan 2022
-31.9 K
23.2 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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