Melvyn John Stride is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions since October 2022. He previously served in the May Government as Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General from 2017 to 2019 and as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council from May to July 2019. He also served as Chair of the Treasury Select Committee from 2019 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Devon since 2010.
Jennifer Chapman,Baroness Chapman of Darlington is a British politician serving as a Member of the House of Lords since 2021. A member of the Labour Party,she served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Darlington from 2010 to 2019.
Angela Rayner is a British politician serving as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party since 2020 and Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up,Housing and Communities since 2023. Rayner has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015. She ideologically identifies as a socialist and as being part of Labour's soft left.
Rishi Sunak is a British politician who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2022. The first British Asian prime minister,he previously held two cabinet positions under Boris Johnson,latterly as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2022. Sunak has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond (Yorks) since 2015.
Sir Simon Richard Clarke is a British politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland since 2017. A member of the Conservative Party,he briefly served as Secretary of State for Levelling Up,Housing and Communities from September to October 2022 and Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2021 to 2022.
Lee Anderson is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashfield since 2019. Elected as a member of the Conservative Party,he defected to Reform UK in March 2024 after having the whip suspended. He is Reform UK's first and only MP.
Nadia Edith Whittome is a British politician who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham East first elected in the 2019 United Kingdom general election. A member of the Labour Party,she was elected at the age of 23,and was the youngest serving MP until the election of Keir Mather in 2023. She is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group and describes herself as a democratic socialist.
Elliot Haydn George Colburn is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carshalton and Wallington since the 2019 general election. Colburn also served as councillor for the Cheam ward on Sutton Council from 2018 to 2022.
Benjamin William Everitt is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Milton Keynes North since the 2019 general election.
The March 2021 United Kingdom budget,officially known as Protecting the Jobs and Livelihoods of the British People was a budget delivered by Rishi Sunak,the Chancellor of the Exchequer in March 2021. It was expected to be delivered in autumn 2020,but was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It succeeds the budget held in March 2020,and the summer statement and Winter Economy Plan held in summer and autumn 2020,respectively. The budget is the second under Boris Johnson's government,also the second to be delivered by Sunak and the second since Britain's withdrawal from the European Union. The budget was the first for government expenditure in the United Kingdom to exceed £1 trillion.
A list of events relating to politics and government in the United Kingdom during 2022.
Beergate was a British political controversy concerning allegations that an event in Durham on 30 April 2021,attended by Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and Deputy Leader Angela Rayner,could have been in breach of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. Labour and Starmer said,at the time and since,that the event complied with the rules for work gatherings,with a pause for food. The police,after investigating,cleared the Labour attendees,including Starmer and Rayner.
The 2022 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours are honours awarded following the September 2022 resignation of the Prime Minister,Boris Johnson.
The October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election was triggered by Liz Truss's announcement that she would resign as Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,amid an economic and political crisis.
In September and October 2022,the Conservative Party government led by newly appointed prime minister Liz Truss faced a credibility crisis. It was caused by the September 2022 mini-budget and a disorganised vote in the House of Commons over a parliamentary vote to ban fracking,ultimately resulting in the loss of support of Conservative members of parliament (MPs).
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of the City of Chester was held on 1 December 2022. It followed the resignation of incumbent member of Parliament Chris Matheson as on 21 October 2022 after accusations of sexual misconduct and a recommendation from the Independent Expert Panel that he be suspended from the House of Commons for four weeks.
A list of events relating to politics and government in the United Kingdom during 2023.
The Labour Party leadership of Keir Starmer began when Keir Starmer was elected as Leader of the UK Labour Party in April 2020,following the resignation of Jeremy Corbyn after Labour's defeat at the 2019 general election. Starmer's tenure as leader has been marked by his opposition to some of the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and various other issues involving the government,including Partygate,the cost of living crisis,and the industrial disputes.
The 2024 United Kingdom local elections are due to take place on 2 May 2024. Elections will take place for councils and mayors in England and police and crime commissioners in England and Wales. The 2024 Blackpool South by-election is due to be held concurrently.
