5 important things happening in the UK today

Here are 5 important things happening in the UK today, Tuesday (11 November 2025):

UK unemployment rises: The rate of UK unemployment has risen to 5% in the three months to September, showing signs the jobs market has weakened, according to new official figures. It is the highest rate since the period covering December 2020 to February 2021, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The increase in the unemployment rate was higher than expected, coming in above the 4.9% projected by many analysts ahead of the Budget on 26 November. [BBC]

Future of Your Party in doubt: The feud between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana over the future of the leftwing Your Party has taken another twist with the two camps arguing publicly over hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations. Sultana offered to transfer £600,000 from a company the party’s founders set up earlier this year, only to be rebuffed by allies of Corbyn who accused her of playing “political games” with supporters’ money. [Guardian]

easyJet boss threatens to leave UK over fight tax plans: Raising air passenger taxes will harm demand and risks undermining the need for airport expansion, the boss of easyJet has said. Kenton Jarvis said the airline could be forced to relocate planes to other countries if Rachel Reeves decides to further raise air passenger duty at the budget on November 26. [The Times]

Morrisons to close more than 100 sites in the UK: Morrisons has announced the impending closure of over 100 sites, including convenience stores, cafés, in-store service counters and other non-core operations, as part of a sweeping review aimed at cutting costs and refocusing investment. The UK supermarket chain said the moves come after it identified “areas where the costs of operations are significantly out of line with usage, volumes or the value that customers place on them.” [The Standard]