ONS Releases June 2026 Labour Data After 2-Day Delay for Scottish Bank Holiday
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Updated · IndexBox, Inc. · Jun 18
ONS Releases June 2026 Labour Data After 2-Day Delay for Scottish Bank Holiday
3 articles · Updated · IndexBox, Inc. · Jun 18
Summary
June 2026 UK labour market data was published on June 18 instead of June 16 after the Scottish government requested a delay because June 15 was a national bank holiday in Scotland.
The Office for National Statistics said the change followed its March 2020 policy of moving releases to avoid public holidays.
The publication covers UK employment, unemployment and inactivity, plus Great Britain earnings, vacancies, redundancies, claimant-count data, hours worked and quarterly public- and private-sector employment.
Figures released later on Thursday showed vacancies fell 19,000 to 707,000 in March-May — a five-year low — while regular pay growth ran at 4.4%.