UK unemployment rises to 5%, the highest level in four years
ONS says jobs market worsening before budget, as HMRC reports falling number of workers on firms’ payrollsBusiness live – latest updatesUnemployment in the UK has risen by more than expected to the highest level in four years, official figures show, amid a worsening slowdown in the jobs market...
<p>ONS says jobs market worsening before budget, as HMRC reports falling number of workers on firms’ payrolls</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/nov/11/pound-falls-uk-unemployment-four-year-high-stock-markets-ftse-100-business-live-news">Business live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Unemployment in the UK has risen by more than expected to the highest level in four years, official figures show, amid a worsening slowdown in the jobs market before Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget.</p><p>With under three weeks to go before the chancellor’s tax and spending statement, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the headline unemployment rate rose to 5.0% in the three months to the end of September, up from 4.8% in the previous quarter.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/11/uk-unemployment-rises-budget-ons-jobs-hmrc">Continue reading...</a>
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