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
18 Jan 2022
Dec 2021
-43.3 K
29.1 K
14 Dec 2021
Nov 2021
-49.7 K
34.9 K
16 Nov 2021
Oct 2021
-14.9 K
40.2 K
12 Oct 2021
Sep 2021
-51.1 K
47.3 K
14 Sept 2021
Aug 2021
-58.6 K
55.6 K
17 Aug 2021
Jul 2021
-7.8 K
64.4 K
15 Jul 2021
Jun 2021
-114.7 K
79.3 K
15 Jun 2021
May 2021
-92.6 K
94.7 K
18 May 2021
Apr 2021
-15.1 K
105.7 K
20 Apr 2021
Mar 2021
10.2 K
113.0 K
23 Mar 2021
Feb 2021
86.5 K
116.5 K
23 Feb 2021
Jan 2021
-20.0 K
134.4 K
26 Jan 2021
Dec 2020
7.0 K
150.3 K
15 Dec 2020
Nov 2020
64.3 K
165.3 K
10 Nov 2020
Oct 2020
-29.8 K
205.4 K
13 Oct 2020
Sep 2020
28.0 K
244.2 K
15 Sept 2020
Aug 2020
73.7 K
310.6 K
11 Aug 2020
Jul 2020
94.4 K
214.7 K
16 Jul 2020
Jun 2020
-28.1 K
553.4 K
16 Jun 2020
May 2020
528.9 K
2446.2 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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