Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith says that the latest unemployment figures, showing it reached a near five-year high at 5.2% in the last quarter of 2025, are "shocking but not a surprise". Griffith says the rise was driven by rises in national insurance tax on businesses and government-imposed "red tape". Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
