Claimant Count Reverses Trend with Sharp Increase According to the most recent UK labor market statistics, the number of claimants jumped by 20.3k in August 2025a sharp reversal in unemployment claims ...

Claimant count unemployment posted a further sharp decline in March, while earnings growth hit the highest level for two years, figures released by National Statistics showed Wednesday. Claimant count ...

York, Selby and Ryedale are reporting a lower claimant count, in contrast to the worsening scene both regionally and nationally.

The jobless rate in the UK is expected to hold steady today at a low 4.7%, but the claimant count is on track to rise for a second month in April. Meanwhile, economists forecast that Japan will report ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The number of Britons claiming jobless benefit jumped unexpectedly in January and at its fastest rate in 6 months, raising fears that an improvement at the end of last year may have ...