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 2013
Aug 2013
-41.6 K
14 Aug 2013
Jul 2013
-36.3 K
17 Jul 2013
Jun 2013
-29.4 K
12 Jun 2013
May 2013
-16.2 K
15 May 2013
Apr 2013
-11.8 K
17 Apr 2013
Mar 2013
-9.9 K
20 Mar 2013
Feb 2013
-5.3 K
20 Feb 2013
Jan 2013
-10.0 K
23 Jan 2013
Dec 2012
-12.1 K
12 Dec 2012
Nov 2012
-8.9 K
14 Nov 2012
Oct 2012
6.0 K
17 Oct 2012
Sep 2012
0.8 K
12 Sept 2012
Aug 2012
-14.2 K
15 Aug 2012
Jul 2012
-13.6 K
18 Jul 2012
Jun 2012
1.0 K
20 Jun 2012
May 2012
6.9 K
16 May 2012
Apr 2012
-13.7 K
18 Apr 2012
Mar 2012
-5.4 K
14 Mar 2012
Feb 2012
4.5 K
15 Feb 2012
Jan 2012
7.0 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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