How many redundancies are there in the UK?

The ONS estimated 114,000 people were made redundant in the three months May to July 2026, a rate of 3.9 per 1,000 employees, in the release of 15 September 2026. The annual average was 124,000 in 2025, up from 102,000 in 2024.

These figures come from the Labour Force Survey and count people who say they were made redundant, including voluntary redundancy. The ONS also publishes HR1 data on potential redundancies, from notices employers must send to the Insolvency Service when proposing 20 or more redundancies at one establishment.

HR1 notices are proposals, not confirmed job losses, and some never go ahead. Announced job cuts in the news are a third, different measure, so check which a claim relies on.

Official sources: ONS: Employment in the UK (redundancies) · ONS: HR1 potential redundancies

The latest figure

The newest value is at Office for National Statistics (ONS). More on it: UK redundancy rate.

When is the next figure out?

Monthly, usually a Tuesday in the middle of the month, 7am, in the ONS labour market release; next release 20 October 2026

Every official release due in the next two weeks is on the release calendar.

Terms used in this answer

• Survey sample
  The group of people or businesses selected to take part in a survey, chosen so that their answers can be used to estimate figures for the whole population.
• Response rate
  The share of people or businesses selected for a survey who actually take part. Lower response rates can make estimates less precise and risk bias.
• Seasonally adjusted
  Figures that have had regular calendar patterns removed, such as Christmas shopping or summer jobs, so that underlying movements between months or quarters can be seen.
• Rolling average
  An average recalculated each period over a fixed window, such as the latest three months or twelve months, to smooth out short-term ups and downs.
• Rate per 100,000
  The number of events divided by the population and multiplied by 100,000, so areas of different sizes can be compared on a like-for-like basis.

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