UK Unemployment Rises, Redundancies At Record High LONDON (dpa-AFX) - Despite government support measures, the UK unemployment increased in the three months to October and redundancies reached a record high as the coronavirus pandemic weighed on the labor market. The unemployment rate rose to 4.9 percent in three months to October, the Office for National Statistics reported Tuesday. Economists had forecast the rate to climb to 5.1 percent from 4.8 percent registered in three months to September. The number of people looking for jobs increased by 241,000 from the previous quarter. The unemp...