In 2019 there were 251 thousand people receiving the United Kingdom's unemployment benefit 'the jobseeker's allowance' the fewest number of people in the provided time period of 2000 to 2019. Following the financial crash of 2008, the number of job seekers increased from 788 thousand to over 1.44 million by 2009, with the number of job seekers remaining above a million until 2014.
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GOV.UK. (December 10, 2019). Number of people receiving unemployment benefits in Great Britain from 2000 to 2019 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 23, 2026, from /statistics/284052/job-seekers-in-great-britain/
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Number of people receiving unemployment benefits in Great Britain from 2000 to 2019 (in 1,000s) [Graph], GOV.UK, December 10, 2019. [Online]. Available: /statistics/284052/job-seekers-in-great-britain/
