The Scoreboard. Every Logged Loss and Gain, Reconciled, With Nothing Counted That Cannot Be Cited.
In short. This page is generated from the ledger's dataset on every build. Every number in it traces to a logged event with a source; the labels and method are set out in What the Ledger Counts.
What has actually happened
| Jobs | |
|---|---|
| Jobs gone, evidenced | 6,217 |
| Jobs created, evidenced | 442 |
| Net | -5,775 |
This is the only figure on this page that counts jobs rather than intentions. A loss counts here when the departures have happened; a gain counts here when the roles exist and a source shows it.
What has been announced but has not happened
| Stage | Jobs |
|---|---|
| Losses confirmed for a future date | 1,720 |
| Losses proposed or at risk, in consultation | 32,354 |
| Gains promised, not yet delivered | 13,090 |
None of these are jobs yet. A proposal can be withdrawn, a consultation can change the number, and a promised job can simply never arrive: that is what the promise reviews at twelve and twenty-four months are for. They are listed apart from the figures above for that reason, and they are never netted against them.
The promise register holds 33 job-creation promises totalling 145,880 jobs, each carrying review dates at twelve and twenty-four months. Of that total, 14,080 is also logged as a dated gain row and appears in the figures above. The remaining 131,800 has no row behind it and is counted in no figure on this page: UK Government (National Wealth Fund), 130,000; UK Government (DRIVE35 programme), 1,800.
Tracked, not yet counted
Stories this ledger has written up and deliberately left out of every figure above, because no source has given a number that can be logged. Each stays here until one does; a missing row is a choice, not an oversight.
| Employer | What was reported | Why there is no figure | Piece |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barclays | approx 5,000 global, no UK breakdown (unchanged) | Rechecked: the CEO's 'icing on the cake, not the cake' quote and the CFO's AI framing were already found and logged on 24 Oct; resurfaced independently today by the Blamed on the Machines pass with no new fact beyond what is already on record. | Barclays: the missing UK number |
| HSBC UK wealth management | up to 70 percent of adviser roles, up to 50 percent management/specialist (no headcount) | Already published; rechecked this session, confirms the primary HSBC statement does not name AI as the cause despite the headline framing, only CEO Elhedery's general undated remark does. | HSBC: the UK number it will not give |
| Oracle | no figure | Global restructuring with no UK figure, location or timetable published. | Oracle: the missing UK number |
Everything logged, by month
Announced and reported combined, the whole dataset regardless of stage. Useful for seeing the shape of a month; not a count of jobs.
| Month | Announced/reported losses | Announced/reported gains | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10 | 19,748 | 4,142 | -15,606 |
| 2026-09 | 10,381 | 2,190 | -8,191 |
| 2026-08 | 136 | 0 | -136 |
| 2026-07 | 1,505 | 0 | -1,505 |
| 2026-06 | 1,093 | 4,000 | +2,907 |
| 2026-04 | 5,125 | 2,000 | -3,125 |
| 2026-03 | 733 | 1,200 | +467 |
| 2026-02 | 120 | 0 | -120 |
| 2026-01 | 1,050 | 0 | -1,050 |
| 2025-12 | 400 | 0 | -400 |
| Total | 40,291 | 13,532 | -26,759 |
Of the logged losses, 1,656 were attributed to AI or automation by the employer at announcement. Attribution is the employer's claim, not this site's finding.
A further 500 were cuts where AI was raised and the employer expressly said it was not the cause. The denial is recorded for the same reason a claim is: it is the employer's own account, and it can be tested against what happens next.
In a further 110, AI was named as a cause by someone other than the employer, such as a union or a reporter. Those are not in the figure above, which counts the employer's own claim only.
Promise reviews currently due: 0.
How to read it. Losses and gains carry equal standing in the ledger but not equal evidence: each figure is graded REPORTED or ANNOUNCED at the event level, and the dataset behind this page records the grade, the source and the date for every row. AI attribution is recorded as the employer's claim at announcement, examined separately in Blamed on the Machines.