Standing view · labour_market · Haringey and Islington
deteriorating, held with established confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2026-07.
The claimant count in Haringey and Islington rose to 23,105 in July 2026. Payrolled employees fell to 240,614 in April 2026. The proportion of residents aged 16 to 64 claiming rose to 6.5% in February before easing to 6.4% in March. Two of the four readings published here moved unfavourably and they are the most recent, but with one reading of the payroll and one of the count there is little here on which to judge a labour market of this size.
A view is formed only where the evidence names a figure you can check. Each movement listed as a reason had to be large enough to matter and distinctive in at least one way — unusual against this area's own history, unusual against comparable areas, or sustained over several periods. A movement shared with peers counts for less, because it says something about the country rather than about Haringey and Islington. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16-64 | 2026-02 | deteriorating |
| Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16-64 | 2026-03 | improving |
| Payrolled employees | 2026-04 | deteriorating |
| Claimant count | 2026-07 | deteriorating |