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 2017
Dec 2016
-10.1 K
14 Dec 2016
Nov 2016
2.4 K
16 Nov 2016
Oct 2016
9.8 K
19 Oct 2016
Sep 2016
0.7 K
14 Sept 2016
Aug 2016
2.4 K
17 Aug 2016
Jul 2016
-8.6 K
20 Jul 2016
Jun 2016
0.4 K
15 Jun 2016
May 2016
-0.4 K
18 May 2016
Apr 2016
-2.4 K
20 Apr 2016
Mar 2016
6.7 K
16 Mar 2016
Feb 2016
-18.0 K
17 Feb 2016
Jan 2016
-14.8 K
20 Jan 2016
Dec 2015
-4.3 K
16 Dec 2015
Nov 2015
3.9 K
11 Nov 2015
Oct 2015
3.3 K
14 Oct 2015
Sep 2015
4.6 K
16 Sept 2015
Aug 2015
1.2 K
12 Aug 2015
Jul 2015
-4.9 K
15 Jul 2015
Jun 2015
7.0 K
17 Jun 2015
May 2015
-6.5 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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