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Events from the year 2025 in the United Kingdom.

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Events

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January

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 15 January
  • 16 January
  • 17 January
  • 18 January
  • 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 90mph (145km/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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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]

Predicted and scheduled events

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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