Source-linked country record
Layoffs in the United Kingdom
This page lists every layoff event 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.
2,816 recorded events
1,815,212 jobs across 1,942 employers
3 events 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.
Industries affected here
- Manufacturing 360,741 jobs
- Retail & E-commerce 330,527 jobs
- Finance & Insurance 284,273 jobs
- Logistics & Transport 166,801 jobs
- Government & Nonprofit 163,362 jobs
- Energy 86,099 jobs
- Professional Services 76,237 jobs
- Media & Entertainment 61,138 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
- HSBC 14 recorded rounds
- Rolls-Royce 14 recorded rounds
- BBC 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 events
Showing the 50 most recent of 2,816 recorded events. See all of them in the tracker.
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”
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
The employer attributed this to AI.
“TikTok is looking to replace the moderators with artificial intelligence-driven systems”
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
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
Swansea University · 200 jobs
Co-operative Bank · 400 jobs
John Lewis · 11,000 jobs
BT · 300 jobs
Other countries
- United States 43,024 events
- France 2,323 events
- Germany 2,272 events
- Sweden 985 events
- Spain 974 events
- Poland 956 events
- Italy 906 events
- Netherlands 904 events
- Belgium 732 events
- Finland 732 events
- Czechia 495 events
- Ireland 484 events
- Denmark 456 events
- Austria 428 events
- Romania 404 events
- Hungary 370 events
- Norway 313 events
- Slovenia 310 events
- Portugal 295 events
- Slovakia 248 events
- Lithuania 201 events
- Greece 179 events
- Canada 161 events
- Estonia 134 events
- Croatia 81 events
- Bulgaria 69 events
- India 69 events
- Latvia 58 events
- Luxembourg 51 events
- Australia 43 events
- Cyprus 28 events
- Malta 23 events
- Brazil 17 events
- Israel 12 events
- Singapore 11 events
- China 10 events
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