Source-linked country record
Layoffs in the United Kingdom
This page lists every layoff entry we hold for the United Kingdom that still links to its original source. It is a record of what we have verified, not a complete count of layoffs in this country.
2,819 recorded entries
1,826,287 jobs across 1,943 employers
2 entries the employer attributed to AI in its own words
Covering 2015 to 2026
Counted by where the jobs were located. The tracker's own results list additionally matches on employer headquarters, so it returns a slightly higher count for the same country. Rollup records and the per-site notices they absorb are counted once. Open this filter in the full tracker.
Definitions differ by jurisdiction: see what qualifies as a record for United Kingdom before comparing this page’s totals with another country’s.
Industries affected here
- Manufacturing 360,741 jobs
- Retail & E-commerce 330,527 jobs
- Finance & Insurance 284,273 jobs
- Government & Nonprofit 163,362 jobs
- Logistics & Transport 154,801 jobs
- Energy 86,099 jobs
- Professional Services 76,237 jobs
- Media & Entertainment 63,138 jobs
- Healthcare & Pharma 60,545 jobs
- Food & Hospitality 57,973 jobs
Employers with more than one recorded round here
- Barclays 20 recorded rounds
- BAE Systems 19 recorded rounds
- Lloyds 19 recorded rounds
- Tesco 17 recorded rounds
- Rolls-Royce 15 recorded rounds
- BBC 15 recorded rounds
- HSBC 14 recorded rounds
- Boots 13 recorded rounds
- Corus 12 recorded rounds
- British Airways 11 recorded rounds
- Norwich Union 11 recorded rounds
- Tata Steel 11 recorded rounds
Recorded entries
Showing the 50 most recent of 2,819 recorded entries. See all of them in the tracker.
Supermassive · 75 jobs
British Gas · 1,300 jobs
Centrica · 1,300 jobs
ZA/UM · 32 jobs
Aer Lingus · 500 jobs
KPMG UK · 200 jobs
Starling Bank · 130 jobs
John Lewis · 200 jobs
Glasgow Caledonian University · 100 jobs
British American Tobacco · 9,000 jobs
BBC · 2,000 jobs
Standard Chartered · 7,800 jobs
The employer attributed this to AI.
“Discussing how automation was likely to lead to thousands of job cuts at the bank”
هيئة الإذاعة البريطانية BBC · 2,000 jobs
- youm7.com
- No archive snapshot yet. This source has not been checked yet; first check by 2026-08-22.
- Full entry on this site
KPMG · 600 jobs
HSBC Holdings Plc · 20,000 jobs
The employer attributed this to AI.
“AI-led overhaul”
Multiverse · 55 jobs
Metropolitan Police · 2,700 jobs
Ineos · 60 jobs
TikTok · 439 jobs
STV · 60 jobs
NHS integrated care boards · 300 jobs
Bangor University · 200 jobs
ANZ Bank · 3,500 jobs
Dundee University · 300 jobs
Jaguar Land Rover · 500 jobs
Barry Dow chemicals factory · 220 jobs
Kainos · 190 jobs
Harbour Energy · 250 jobs
BMW · 180 jobs
Scope · 70 jobs
British Steel · 2,700 jobs
Robert Gordon University · 60 jobs
Cardiff University · 286 jobs
NHS England · 6,500 jobs
Dundee University · 632 jobs
Daily Mail and MailOnline · 99 jobs
- theguardian.com
- Not in the Internet Archive yet. We keep checking weekly; next check by 2026-08-25.
- Full entry on this site
Cardiff University · 400 jobs
Tesco · 400 jobs
Deloitte · 180 jobs
BBC · 130 jobs
Deloitte · 250 jobs
St Giles Hospice · 40 jobs
BBC · 500 jobs
Goldsmiths, University of London · 97 jobs
Terex · 100 jobs
Manchester United plc · 250 jobs
Burberry · 500 jobs
Whitbread · 1,500 jobs
- theguardian.com
- Not in the Internet Archive yet. We keep checking weekly; next check by 2026-08-25.
- Full entry on this site
Swansea University · 200 jobs
Co-operative Bank · 400 jobs
Other countries
- United States 43,461 entries
- France 2,323 entries
- Germany 2,272 entries
- Canada 1,373 entries
- Sweden 985 entries
- Spain 977 entries
- Poland 962 entries
- Italy 907 entries
- Netherlands 903 entries
- Belgium 732 entries
- Finland 731 entries
- Czechia 495 entries
- Ireland 483 entries
- Denmark 456 entries
- Austria 429 entries
- Romania 404 entries
- Hungary 371 entries
- Norway 313 entries
- Slovenia 310 entries
- Portugal 295 entries
- Slovakia 248 entries
- Lithuania 201 entries
- Greece 178 entries
- Estonia 134 entries
- Croatia 81 entries
- India 71 entries
- Bulgaria 69 entries
- Latvia 58 entries
- Luxembourg 51 entries
- Australia 49 entries
- Cyprus 28 entries
- Malta 23 entries
- Brazil 21 entries
- Israel 13 entries
- China 11 entries
- Singapore 11 entries
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