2025 in the United Kingdom

2025 in the United Kingdom

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Events from the year 2025 in the United Kingdom .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles III
• Prime Minister – Keir Starmer (Labour)

Events

January

• 1 January
  • 2025 United Kingdom floods: More than 100 flood warnings are issued after heavy rain affects parts of the UK. A major incident is declared in Greater Manchester after some homes are left without running water and people are rescued from cars in floodwater. ^[1]
  • The cap on bus fares in England rises by 50% from £2 to £3 per journey. ^[2]
  • The standard rate of VAT is added to private school fees. ^[3]
  • The Energy Price Cap rises by an average of £21 per year, increasing the average annual gas and electricity bill to £1,738. ^[4]
  • Home Office figures show 36,816 people crossed the English Channel in small boats throughout 2024, an increase from 2023, but fewer than 2022. ^[5]
  • Bradford begins its year as UK City of Culture. ^[6]
• 2 January
  • A man who was among four people injured when they were hit by a car in central London on Christmas Day dies in hospital. ^[7]
  • The UK government announces that people smugglers will face social media blackouts, travel bans and telephone restrictions. ^[8]
  • The biggest dinosaur fossil trackway ever found in the UK is reported at a quarry in Oxfordshire, consisting of 200 huge footprints made 166 million years ago in the mid-Jurassic period. ^[9]
• 3 January
  • Temperatures are reported to have plunged to as low as −8 °C (17.6 °F) overnight, with amber cold weather alerts in place for the whole of England. Yellow weather warnings for snow and ice are in place for most of England, Wales, and Scotland between Saturday 4 January and Monday 6 January. ^[10]
  • NHS chiefs in England warn of a major rise in flu cases. ^[11]
  • The Foreign and Commonwealth Office confirms that a British woman, named as Greta Marie Otteson, has been found dead in a villa in Vietnam along with her fiancé, South African Els Arno Quinton. ^[12]
  • At the age of 17, Luke Littler becomes the youngest World Darts Champion after defeating Michael van Gerwen 7–3 in the final. ^[13]
• 4 January – The Foreign and Commonwealth Office reports the death of a Briton, 31-year-old Edward Pettifer, in the recent New Orleans truck attack. ^[14]
• 5 January – Heavy snow causes travel disruption across the UK, as weather warnings remain in place. Temperatures are reported to have fallen to as low as −11 °C overnight in Loch Glascarnoch, Scotland. ^[15]
• 6 January
  • The government scraps a plan to phase out gas boilers in UK homes by 2035. ^[16]
  • 2025 United Kingdom floods:
    • Dozens of people are rescued amid disruption from snow, ice, and flooding around much of the country. An overnight low of −13.3 °C (8 °F) is recorded, again in Loch Glascarnoch. ^[17]
    • A major incident is declared in Leicestershire and Rutland, where 59 people are rescued from flood water. ^[18]
  • The Prime Minister responds to X owner Elon Musk and others he accuses of "spreading lies and misinformation" over grooming gangs. Starmer tells reporters that these online debates have now "crossed a line", resulting in threats against MPs, including Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips. ^[19]
• 7 January
  • A search-and-rescue operation is launched in northern Italy's Dolomite Mountains for two British hikers, named as Aziz Ziriat and Samuel Harris, who have been missing since 1 January. ^[20]
  • Alistair Macrow, chief executive of McDonald's in the UK, tells MPs the company has dismissed 29 employees because of sexual harassment over the past twelve months. ^[21]
• 8 January
  • UK government borrowing rises to its highest level since the financial crisis of 2008. ^[22]
  • A UK inquest into the death of singer Liam Payne opens, and hears that he died as a result of "polytrauma". ^[23]
  • The UK government freezes the UK assets of the extreme-right wing group Blood and Honour, making it the first extremist group to be subject to UK financial sanctions. ^[24]
  • Italy's mountain rescue service confirms the discovery of a body, which it believes to be that of Sam Harris, one of two missing British hikers. ^[25]
• 9 January
  • The pound dips to a 14-month low, amid concerns over government borrowing. ^[26]
  • As low temperatures continue to affect the UK, a fresh weather warning is issued for ice covering Northern Ireland, Wales and parts of England. ^[27]
• 10 January
  • The UK records its coldest temperatures of the winter so far, with an overnight low of −14.5 °C (5.9 °F) in Altnaharra, northern Scotland. ^[28]
  • Royal Mail launches a set of special stamps to celebrate award-winning sitcom The Vicar of Dibley . ^[29]
  • The Homeland Security Group, a directorate of the Home Office, are reported to be monitoring social media posts by Elon Musk and others as a possible national security risk, assessing their reach and who is interacting with them. ^[30]
  • UK gas network operator National Gas announces that the UK has enough gas to meet winter demand after Centrica (owners of British Gas) warned about "concerningly low" storage levels. ^[31]
  • Pop star Chappell Roan wins BBC Radio 1's Sound of 2025. ^[32]
  • The opening ceremony for the start of Bradford's tenure as UK City of Culture takes place in the city's City Park. ^[33]
• 11 January – Temperatures continue to fall, becoming the coldest since 2010, with an overnight low of −18.9 °C in Roybridge, Scotland. ^[34]
• 13 January
  • The Royal Mint announces a new £2 coin to commemorate Nineteen Eighty-Four author George Orwell on the 75th anniversary of his death. ^[35]
  • Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces the AI Opportunities Action Plan, a strategy for using artificial intelligence (AI) across the UK to boost growth and deliver public services more efficiently. He tells reporters that AI "will drive incredible change" and pledges to make the UK a world leader in the technology. ^{[36] [37]}
  • Pound sterling falls to its lowest value against the US dollar since November 2023, with £1 worth $1.21. ^[38]
  • Following the 2024 case of Excel Parking v Hudson in which a woman was taken to court for £2,000 worth of parking fines that were accrued because she could not find a phone signal to pay parking charges through an app within an allotted time, the private parking industry announces plans to update its rules to prevent motorists being fined if they do not pay to park within five minutes. ^[39]
  • Two women from climate protest group Just Stop Oil are arrested after spray-painting over the grave of Charles Darwin inside Westminster Abbey. ^[40]
  • Former boxing world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury announces his retirement from the sport, the second time he has done so. ^[41]
• 14 January
  • Amazon announces the purchase of nearly 150 electric heavy goods vehicles to decarbonise its operations, the largest ever order of electric trucks in the UK. ^[42]
  • The UK bans cattle, pigs, and sheep imports from Germany after a case of foot-and-mouth disease is confirmed in the country. ^[43]
  • Tulip Siddiq resigns as Economic Secretary to the Treasury, over a scandal linked to the ousted government of Bangladesh. She becomes the second minister to resign from the Starmer ministry since the general election of July 2024. ^[44]
  • The Princess of Wales visits staff and patients at the Royal Marsden Hospital, where she was treated following her cancer diagnosis, and reveals that she is now in remission from the illness. ^[45]
  • Games Workshop is reported to be planning a fourth factory, amid booming sales of its wargame franchise, now with a total valuation of £4.2 billion. ^[46]
• 15 January
  • UK inflation is reported to have fallen from 2.6% in November to 2.5% in December. ^[47]
  • UK COVID-19 Inquiry: Kate Scott from the group Vaccine Injured and Bereaved UK tells the inquiry that the families of those adversely affected by COVID-19 vaccines had to support each other during the pandemic because there was no other help. ^[48]
• 16 January
  • Office for National Statistics figures show the UK economy grew by 0.1% in November, a smaller than expected increase fuelled by hospitality and construction. ^[49]
  • Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announces an inquiry into grooming gangs. ^[50]
  • The father and stepmother of Sara Sharif are to seek an appeal against their conviction for her murder. ^[51]
  • A record £410 million in government funding for fusion power is announced. This will include a prototype power plant in Nottinghamshire, targeted for completion by 2040, and repurposing a machine at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in Oxfordshire. ^{[52] [53]}
• 17 January
  • The International Monetary Fund upgrades its growth forecast for the UK, but warns of the potential impact of US President-elect Donald Trump's economic plans. ^[54]
  • Keir Starmer pays a visit to Auschwitz concentration camp, and says he is determined to fight the "poison" of antisemitism. ^[55]
  • A BBC investigation finds that the deaths of at least 56 babies, and two mothers, over a five-year period at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust may have been preventable. ^[56]
• 18 January
  • The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs confirms outbreaks of bird flu have been found in poultry at two farms in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, and that the birds will be humanely culled. ^[57]
  • A plan is announced for digital driving licences to be introduced across the UK later in the year, accessible via a new government smartphone app, which could also be used as a form of ID when buying alcohol, voting, or boarding domestic flights. ^[58]
  • Protests against Donald Trump: Women's March protests are held in Manchester, Liverpool, Plymouth, and other cities in the UK. ^{[59] [60]}
  • Israel–Hamas war protests: Nearly 80 pro-Palestine protesters in Whitehall are arrested for breaching protest conditions, with some allegedly breaking through police lines. ^[61]
  • Buckingham Palace releases a new portrait of Sophie, Duchess of Wessex to coincide with her 60th birthday; the picture is taken by fashion photographer Christina Ebenezer. ^[62]
• 20 January
  • The trial begins of Axel Rudakubana, 18, who pleaded guilty to murdering three girls in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, which triggered riots around the UK in July and August 2024. ^[63]
  • Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announces that an inquiry will be held into the Southport attack. ^[64]
  • The Solicitor General refers the sentence of Urfan Sharif, convicted of the murder of his daughter, Sara, to the Court of Appeal for being "unduly leniant". ^[65]
• 21 January
  • The husband of Pauline Quirke, star of TV sitcom Birds of a Feather , announces that the actress was diagnosed with dementia in 2021 and has retired from all professional and commercial duties. ^[66]
  • The Met Office issues a yellow weather warning ahead of Storm Éowyn, which is expected to bring gusts of up to 90 mph (145 km/h) across large parts of the UK on Friday and Saturday. ^[67]
  • In a speech from Downing Street following the announcement of a public inquiry into the Southport attack, the Prime Minister warns that the UK faces a "new and dangerous threat" from extreme violence. ^[68]
• 22 January
  • Princess Beatrice gives birth to her second child, a daughter named Athena, at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. ^[69]
  • UK government borrowing unexpectedly increased to £17.8bn in December, an increase of £10.1bn from December 2023, and its highest level for four years. ^[70]
  • The owner of The Sun newspaper offers a "full and unequivocal apology" to Prince Harry for "serious intrusion" into his private life, and agrees to pay him "substantial damages". ^[71]
  • The warning level for Storm Éowyn is increased from yellow to amber, meaning an increased likelihood of severely or extremely bad weather. ^[72]
  • Defence secretary John Healey tells MPs that the Royal Navy has been monitoring a Russian spy ship after it entered British waters earlier in the week. ^[73]
• 23 January
  • A survey carried out by the British Retail Consortium indicates public expectation for the UK economy for the next three months has fallen to a "new low". ^[74]
  • Red warnings are issued for Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland ahead of Storm Éowyn's expected arrival the following day. ^[75]
  • The UK Emergency Alert System is used to warn several million people of a possible threat to life from the storm. ^[76]
  • Sainsbury's supermarket announces it will cut 3,000 jobs as it shuts down its remaining cafés and closes its patisserie and pizza counters. ^[77]
  • A large-scale outage of AI tool ChatGPT is reported. ^[78]
  • Axel Rudakubana is sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court to a minimum term of 52 years in prison for the mass stabbing in Southport. His sentence is the second-longest minimum term in British legal history, after that of Hashem Abedi. ^[79]
• 24 January
  • The Attorney General confirms that the 52-year minimum prison sentence given to Axel Rudakubana will be reviewed as unduly lenient. ^[80]
  • A record increase in the number of UK businesses in critical financial distress is reported. ^[81]
  • Storm Éowyn, described as a "once in a generation" weather event, hits the UK and Ireland. Over a million people are left without power across both countries, including 275,000 in the UK, with gusts of up to 100 mph (161 km/h) recorded in Scotland. ^[82]
  • The Ministry of Defence signs a £9bn contract with Rolls Royce for the supply of nuclear submarine reactors. ^[83]
• 25 January
  • The Met Office confirms that Storm Éowyn was "probably the strongest storm" to hit the UK in at least 10 years, with wind gusts in excess of 100 mph (160 km/h), and a million properties without power at its peak. ^[84]
  • WH Smith announces that it is in talks to sell its high street outlets. ^[85]
  • The British Museum is partially closed after an alleged IT attack by a former employee. ^[86]
  • Buckingham Palace releases a new portrait of King Charles III dressed in a tartan kilt at Balmoral Castle to mark Burns Day. ^[87]
• 26 January
  • A yellow weather warning for high winds and heavy rain is in place for parts of the UK as Storm Herminia makes landfall. ^[88]
  • Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds his first transatlantic call with US President Donald Trump, during which Trump praises Starmer for doing "a good job thus far" and Starmer praises Trump's "role in securing the landmark ceasefire and hostages deal in Gaza". ^[89]
• 27 January
  • Storm Herminia: A major incident is declared in Somerset after heavy rain brings flooding to the area. ^[90]
  • The Royal Navy announces it is changing the name of a new submarine from HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles. ^[91]
  • Two members of the environmentalist protest group Just Stop Oil are arrested after disrupting a performance of The Tempest at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane by climbing on stage. ^[92]
• 28 January
  • The driver involved in the Wimbledon school crash of July 2023 is arrested for a second time, as police reopen an investigation into the incident, which killed two eight-year-old girls and injured 14 other people. ^[93]
  • Dr Andrew Green, the British Medical Association's ethics chief, tells MPs that doctors must be able to opt-out of offering assisted dying. ^[94]
  • The Office for National Statistics (ONS) releases a newly updated forecast of the UK population, projecting that it will grow by 7.3% to reach 72.5 million by 2032. ^{[95] [96]}
  • Home Office minister Dan Jarvis confirms the UK government has no plans to expand the definition of extremism to include violent environmentalism and misogynism after a think tank suggested the definition could be broadened. ^[97]
• 29 January
  • Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirms that the government backs a third runway for Heathrow Airport, during a major speech on economic growth, saying the project is "badly needed" and could create 100,000 jobs. Critics including the Green Party and London Mayor Sadiq Khan point to the increased carbon emissions it would produce. ^[98]
  • BBC News reports that Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, who is subject to UK sanctions, could owe the Inland Revenue as much as £1bn in taxes as a result of a mishandled attempt to avoid paying tax on hedge fund investments. ^[99]
  • A High Court clears retailer Lidl to open its first in-store pub, to be situated in Dundonald, County Down, after rejecting a legal challenge to the plans from another trader. ^[100]
• 30 January
  • The Right Reverend Dr John Perumbalath resigns as Bishop of Liverpool following allegations of sexual misconduct. ^[101]
  • The Home Office announces that a new crime of endangering lives at sea, carrying a term of five years in prison, will be introduced as part of legislation to deal with people smuggling. ^[102]
• 31 January
  • The UK government reverses visa changes introduced in February 2024 that stopped Ukrainians from bringing their children to the UK, meaning they can now do so. ^[103]
  • Pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca abandons a planned £450m investment in a vaccine production facility on Merseyside, blaming a lack of UK government support for its decision. ^[104]
  • The bodies of two women are found in the River Dee, Aberdeenshire, during the search for two missing 32-year-old sisters, Henrietta and Eliza Huszti, last seen on 7 January. ^[105]
  • An IT problem prevents Barclays Bank customers from making essential online transactions. ^[106]

February

• 1 February – The Home Office announces that four new laws will be introduced in order to tackle the threat of child sexual abuse images generated by artificial intelligence. ^[107]
• 3 February
  • Daniel Khalife is sentenced to 14 years and three months in prison after spying for Iran and escaping from HMP Wandsworth. ^[108]
  • Changes to the management of people convicted of coercive or controlling behaviour come into force, putting the crime on the same level as domestic abuse. Those convicted of the offences and sentenced to twelve months or more in prison are now automatically managed under multi-agency public protection arrangements. ^[109]
• 4 February
  • Increases in council tax above the usual limit of 5% are allowed to go ahead for six areas of England, including a 10% rise for Bradford. ^[110]
  • A panel of international medical experts have suggested that Lucy Letby did not kill any babies after reviewing evidence against her. ^[111]
  • Mumsnet says it has stopped users from sharing pictures after the parenting website was targeted with images of child sexual abuse. ^[112]
• 5 February
  • Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner tells a meeting of local residents that Grenfell Tower, where a fire killed 72 people in 2017, will be dismantled to ground level. ^[113]
  • Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner confirms that local elections in East Sussex, West Sussex, Essex, Thurrock, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Norfolk, Suffolk and Surrey will be delayed for a year to allow major local government reorganisations to take place. ^[114]
  • 2024 Southport stabbings: A government review finds that the Prevent counter-terrorism scheme "prematurely" closed its case on Axel Rudakubana three years before he committed the attack in Southport. ^[115]
• 6 February
  • The Bank of England cuts interest rates from 4.75% to 4.5%, the lowest base rate since June 2023. The Bank also cuts its growth forecast for the UK economy in 2025 from 1.5% to 0.75%. ^[116]
  • A Russian diplomat is expelled from the UK in response to the 2024 expulsion of a British diplomat from Russia. ^[117]
  • The UK government announces that landlords in England will be required to investigate and fix instances of damp and mould in social housing within a strict timescale from October 2025. ^[118]
• 7 February
  • The UK government confirms that Grenfell Tower will be taken down, with the process taking place gradually and sensitively over the next two years, but the outward appearance of the building will not change until after the eighth anniversary of the fire in June. ^[119]
  • The Home Office serves Apple Inc. with notice under the Investigatory Powers Act demanding access to encrypted data stored by Apple users in its iCloud service. ^[120]
  • French police are investigating the deaths of a British couple, named as Andrew and Dawn Searle, who were found dead at their home in south west France. ^[121]
  • As the UK enters another period of cold weather, the UK Health Security Agency issues a yellow cold-health alert for parts of northern and eastern England, valid from 7 to 11 February. ^[122]
  • The railway line between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly is closed for most of the day after a car driven by a suspected drink driver crashes onto the track. ^[123]
  • The UK is among 79 signatories to a joint statement condemning US President Donald Trump's executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC). ^[124]
  • Pets at Home becomes the world's first retailer to sell cultivated meat for dogs. ^{[125] [126]}
• 8 February – Health Minister Andrew Gwynne is sacked and suspended from the Labour Party over a string of offensive and abusive WhatsApp messages, in which he insulted constituents, fellow MPs and councillors. ^[127]
• 9 February – Writing in The Sunday Times , M&S chief executive Stuart Machin says the retail sector is being "raided like a piggy bank" as it faces increased National Insurance contributions and other financial pressures. ^[128]
• 10 February
  • A second Labour MP, Oliver Ryan, is suspended over offensive WhatsApp messages. ^[129]
  • BBC News reports that Kim Leadbeater, the MP sponsoring the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, is to suggest replacing the High Court as the body making the final decision on assisted dying cases with a panel of experts who would oversee applications. ^[130] Leadbetter confirms the plans the following day, saying it would strengthen the legislation. Opponents say it would water down the bill's safeguards. ^[131]
• 11 February
  • Sir Mark Rowley, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, says that policing has been left in a "hopeless position" following a High Court ruling that an officer accused of rape could not be dismissed from the force because the process was fundamentally unfair. ^[132]
  • The General Synod, the governing body of the Church of England, rejects a fully-independent safeguarding model to deal with abuse cases, but instead adopts an alternative short-term proposal. ^[133]
• 12 February
  • The UK government announces changes to rules regarding refugees, making it virtually impossible for anyone entering the country illegally to be granted citizenship. ^[134]
  • The Prime Minister announces a judge-led inquiry into the 2023 Nottingham attacks, which he says will begin within weeks. ^[135]
  • A review into the events leading up to the murder of David Amess finds that his killer, Ali Harbi Ali, was exited from the government's Prevent anti-terror programme "too quickly" and that its handling of him was "sub-optimal". ^[136]
  • BBC News reports that MI5 lied to three courts while defending its handling of a misogynistic neo-Nazi agent who attacked his girlfriend with a machete. ^[137]
• 13 February
  • Office for National Statistics data indicates the UK economy grew by 0.1% between October and December 2024, largely as a result of the construction and service industries, and surprising forecasters who had expected no growth. ^[138]
  • The Foreign Office confirms that two British nationals have been arrested in Iran. ^[139]
  • A BBC News investigation discovers Chancellor Rachel Reeves was the subject of an expenses investigation while she was a senior manager at Halifax Bank of Scotland in the late 2000s. Her online CV is also reported to have exaggerated the length of time she was employed by the Bank of England. ^[140] In response, Reeves says that no concerns were raised with her at the time of the investigation. ^[141]
  • Labour MP Kevin McKenna announces in the House of Commons that he is living with HIV. ^[142]
• 14 February
  • The Attorney General for England and Wales rejects calls for the Court of Appeal to review the length of Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana's sentence. ^[143]
  • Drivers working for Uber, Bolt and Addison Lee who belong to the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain stage a six-hour strike for better pay and conditions. ^[144]
• 15 February
  • Two Britons held in Iran are named as Craig and Lindsay Foreman; they were held in January while travelling through the country as part of a motorcycle trip around the world. ^[145]
  • A technical problem leaves several thousand BT customers temporarily unable to access their email accounts. ^[146]
• 16 February – Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he is "ready and willing" to put UK troops on the ground in Ukraine to protect peace. ^[147]
• 18 February
  • Office for National Statistics data shows that average wages increased by 3.4% between October and December 2024, when compared to the same period in 2023. ^[148]
  • The financially troubled Thames Water secures a £3bn emergency loan after winning a case in the High Court, and preventing the company from coming under public sector ownership. ^[149]
  • Iran's Judiciary confirms that British couple Craig and Lindsay Foreman have been charged with espionage. ^[150]
  • Consultancy firm Cornwall Insight forecasts that energy bills will increase by 5% from April, adding an average of £85 to the annual domestic fuel bill. ^[151]
  • A 66-year-old woman is charged with manslaughter by scalding a five-year-old in a hot bath in 1978, nearly 50 years ago. ^{[152] [153]}
• 19 February
  • Inflation jumps from 2.5% to 3%, the highest level in 10 months. ^[154]
  • A major incident is declared in Godstone, Surrey, after two sinkholes open up on a street, prompting the evacuation of local residents. ^[155]
  • The UK government announces plans for tougher rules for selling knives online and stricter penalties for those who break the new rules. ^[156]
  • Starmer expresses support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a "democratically elected leader" after US President Donald Trump describes Zelensky as a "dictator". ^[157]
  • British journalist Charlotte Peet is reported missing in Brazil, having last contacted a friend on 8 February. ^[158]
  • Data published by Tell Mama indicates that instances of anti-Muslim hate are at a record high, with almost 6,000 cases recorded in 2024. ^[159]
  • A team of archaeologists made up of British and Egyptian experts announce the discovery of the tomb of King Thutmose II in the Western Valleys of the Theban Necropolis near Luxor, the first British-led team to discover a pharaoh's tomb in more than a century. ^[160]
• 20 February
  • Sir Nick Carter, the former Chief of the Defence Staff, suggests that European nations may need to offer reliable security guarantees to Ukraine in the event of a peace deal with Russia if the US will not. ^[161]
  • Data from NHS England indicates a record number of hospital cases of norovirus, with 1,160 people a day in hospital with the bug, double the amount for the same time last winter. ^[162]
  • The Foreign Office confirms that a British tourist has been killed while hiking in the Himalayas with a friend. ^[163]
  • Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, seen as a key ally of Donald Trump, says that Ukrainian President Zelensky is not a dictator after initially suggesting that Trump's words should be taken seriously. ^[164]
  • Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson announce they are stepping down from control of the James Bond franchise, with creative control going to Amazon MGM Studios. ^[165]
  • An inquest into the death of Royal Artillery Gunner Jaysley Beck, who was found hanged in her barracks at Larkhill Camp in Wiltshire in December 2021, rules her death was caused, in part, by the British Army's handling of her complaint against a senior officer, who had sexually assaulted her. ^[166]
• 21 February
  • Records show a surplus in public finances of £15.4bn in January, the highest level for the month since records began more than three decades ago, but lower than the £20.5bn forecast by experts. ^[167]
  • A pilot scheme involving five police forces – West Midlands, Northumbria, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Humberside – will see domestic violence specialists embedded in the forces' 999 emergency control rooms. ^[168]
  • London St Pancras Highspeed and Getlink sign an agreement that will help them to commit to expanding rail connectivity between the UK and Europe, with routes to France, Switzerland and Germany. ^[169]
  • Apple takes the unprecedented step of removing Advanced Data Protection from UK customers after the UK government demanded access to user data. ^[170]
• 22 February
  • In a call with Zelensky, Starmer assures the Ukraine President he will emphasise the importance of Ukraine's sovereignty during his forthcoming meeting with Trump. ^[171]
  • Ofgem warns gas and electricity suppliers they will be fined if they continue to send out "back bills" to customers. ^[172]
  • BMW confirms it is delaying the reintroduction of electric vehicle production at its Oxford Mini plant because of multiple uncertainties facing the automotive industry. ^[173]
• 23 February – A British couple in their 70s, named as Peter and Barbie Reynolds, have been detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan, The Sunday Times reports, having been arrested for an unspecified reason on 1 February. ^[174]
• 24 February
  • The UK and India restart trade negotiations a year after pausing them ahead of general elections in both countries. ^[175]
  • Labour MP Mike Amesbury is sentenced to 10 weeks in prison after he admitted punching a man in his Cheshire constituency the previous year. A recall petition is now expected to be triggered. ^[176]
• 25 February
  • In the Commons, Starmer commits to boosting the UK's defence spending from 2.3% to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, funded by cuts to international aid. He also announces a further planned increase to 3% during the next parliament. ^[177]
  • Ofgem announces a 6.4% increase in the Energy Price Cap from April, meaning a typical household's gas and electricity will increase by £111 a year, or £9.25 a month, to £1,849. ^[178]
  • The Church of England announces that disciplinary proceedings will be initiated against 10 members of its clergy, including former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, following a review of evidence in the report into the case of John Smyth. ^[179]
• 26 February
  • The Seventh Carbon Budget is published by the Climate Change Committee, covering the period from 2038 to 2042. Among other measures, it recommends that four in five cars should be electric and half of all homes should have heat pumps installed within 15 years. ^{[180] [181] [182]}
  • The UK government says that seven organisations criticised in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire will face investigation and could be banned from bidding for public contracts. ^[183]
• 27 February
  • Bumblebees are reported to have fallen to their lowest numbers on record, declining by almost a quarter in 2024 compared to the 2010–2023 average. ^[184]
  • Labour MP Mike Amesbury's prison sentence is suspended following an appeal. ^[185]
  • UK asylum claims hit their highest level since 1979, increasing by 18% year-on-year to reach over 108,000. ^[186]
  • Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander announces that she is "minded to approve" a second runway at Gatwick Airport. Some MPs, local authorities and residents are strongly opposed. ^[187]
  • Starmer meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House for talks on Ukraine and defence. ^[188]
  • A review into the UK porn industry conducted by Baroness Gabby Bertin recommends giving Ofcom powers to police porn sites deemed to contain "harmful" material. ^[189]
  • Office for National Statistics data indicates that 987,000 16 to 24-year-olds were not in work, education or training at the end of 2024, the highest number since 2013. ^[190]
• 28 February
  • International Development Minister Anneliese Dodds resigns over the prime minister's cuts to the foreign aid budget, saying the UK's reputation will be deeply harmed. ^[191]
  • Technical issues affect apps operated by Lloyds Bank, TSB, Halifax Bank and Bank of Scotland. ^[192]

March

• 1 March – Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet for talks at 10 Downing Street following Zelensky's visit to Washington the previous day. ^[193]
• 2 March – Starmer convenes a summit in London with European leaders, including Zelensky, along with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, to discuss support for Ukraine. He says that Europe is facing a "once in a generation" moment for security. ^[194]
• 4 March
  • Conservative MP Graham Stuart, a former Foreign Office minister, warns that the UK should "consider the possibility that President Trump is a Russian asset." ^[195]
  • Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner says the UK will not be "derailed" from working to end the war in Ukraine after the US paused military aide to the country. ^[196]
  • UK opposition politicians have accused US Vice President JD Vance of disrespecting British forces after he said a US stake in Ukraine's economy would be a "better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 or 40 years". ^[197]
  • Boots recalls 500mg packs of paracetamol tablets over a mislabelling error that incorrectly identified them as aspirin. ^[198]
  • BBC News reports on the case of Kasibba, an autistic woman who spent 45 years in a mental hospital. ^[199]
  • Investment firm Aberdeen Group is to drop its Abrdn rebrand which was widely mocked, and be known instead as aberdeen group. ^[200]
  • The UK government says it will not pay Rwanda any further money for the scrapped asylum plan. ^[201]

Predicted and scheduled events

• 1 April – The cost of an annual TV licence is to increase by £5 to £174.50. ^[202]
• 19 April to 5 May – 2025 World Snooker Championship ^[203]
• 1 May – 2025 United Kingdom local elections ^[204]
• 8 May – VE Day 80 – A Shared Moment of Celebration: five hundred lamp lights of peace will be lit across the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories, as part of the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. ^[205]
• 1 June – The sale of disposable vapes will be banned in England, Scotland, and Wales. ^[206]
• 22 June – 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich
• 4 July to 9 August – Oasis' reunion tour Oasis Live '25 is set to take place across the UK and Ireland with 12 shows in the UK announced (14 in total), starting on 4 July in Cardiff and ending on 9 August in the UK in Edinburgh (The tour will finish in Dublin, Ireland on 17 August). ^[207]
• 22 August to 27 September – 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup ^{[208] [209]}
• 1 October – A ban on junk food advertising on British television before 9.00pm is scheduled to come into force. ^[210]

Deaths

Main article: 2025 deaths in the United Kingdom

See also

• Politics of the United Kingdom
• 2020s in United Kingdom political history

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