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
11 Sept 2018
Aug 2018
8.7 K
-38.2 K
14 Aug 2018
Jul 2018
6.2 K
73.7 K
17 Jul 2018
Jun 2018
7.8 K
-26.5 K
12 Jun 2018
May 2018
-7.7 K
29.5 K
15 May 2018
Apr 2018
31.3 K
3.5 K
17 Apr 2018
Mar 2018
11.6 K
1.1 K
21 Mar 2018
Feb 2018
9.2 K
0.7 K
21 Feb 2018
Jan 2018
-7.1 K
7.3 K
24 Jan 2018
Dec 2017
8.6 K
3.6 K
13 Dec 2017
Nov 2017
6.0 K
1.4 K
15 Nov 2017
Oct 2017
1.1 K
-0.6 K
18 Oct 2017
Sep 2017
1.7 K
-3.5 K
13 Sept 2017
Aug 2017
-2.8 K
0.9 K
16 Aug 2017
Jul 2017
-4.2 K
6.6 K
12 Jul 2017
Jun 2017
6.0 K
13.4 K
14 Jun 2017
May 2017
7.3 K
17 May 2017
Apr 2017
19.4 K
12 Apr 2017
Mar 2017
25.5 K
15 Mar 2017
Feb 2017
-11.3 K
15 Feb 2017
Jan 2017
-42.4 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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