zool-sudani
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4 years ago It looks we can get this from here: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/openinfopage?id=UC_Monthly (source article: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-29-april-2013-to-11-july-2019/universal-credit-statistics-29-april-2013-to-11-july-2019)
it looks like you can build tables, and save them after creating an account. We probably want to leverage the API though to get auto-updating data: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Open-Data-API.html
Unemployment rate is expected to go up to 18%... think best way to track this to look at numbers of people claiming UC, but open to other ideas too. Can maybe incorporate this into graph showing other socio-economic data.
ONS data probs best for this, but there's usually a big delay on when it's released. Probs other sources of govt data (e.g. Dept of Work & Pensions). Need to look for links etc.