2022 In The United Kingdom

Events from the year 2022 in the United Kingdom.

This year saw Boris Johnson resign as prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party, with Liz Truss being elected as his successor in September, before resigning in October and being succeeded by Rishi Sunak. After 70 years on the throne, marked by her Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June, Queen Elizabeth II died on 8 September at the age of 96. The Queen was succeeded by her son, King Charles III. Other significant events of the year included Britain's response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a record-breaking 40°C heatwave during the summer and nearly 25,000 wildfires, and a cost of living crisis marked by high inflation and rising energy bills.

Incumbents

* Monarch
** Elizabeth II (until 8 September)
** Charles III (from 8 September)
* Prime Minister
** Boris Johnson (Conservative) (until 6 September)
** Liz Truss (Conservative) (6 September – 25 October)
** Rishi Sunak (Conservative) (from 25 October)
* Parliament – 58th

Events

January

*1 January – The warmest New Year's Day on record is reported, with temperatures of 16.2 °C (61.2 °F) in St James's Park, Central London.
*3 January – COVID-19 in the UK: A critical incident is declared at several hospitals in Lincolnshire after the increased spread of COVID-19 causes "extreme and unprecedented" staff shortages.
*4 January – COVID-19 in the UK: The daily infection number exceeds 200,000 for the first time, with a total of 218,724 cases, partly caused by a backlog in reporting over the New Year.
*5 January – Four defendants (known as 'the Colston 4') accused of pulling down the Statue of Edward Colston in Bristol in June 2020 as part of the Black Lives Matter protests are found not guilty of criminal damage in a jury trial.
*6 January – COVID-19 in the UK: A survey by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals that 1.3 million people in the UK are living with long COVID, about 506,000 (40%) of whom caught the virus over a year ago, and still have symptoms such as fatigue, loss of smell, shortness of breath, and difficulty concentrating.
*8 January – COVID-19 in the UK: The number of deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test exceeds 150,000.
*10 January – The Met Police contacts the government over "widespread reporting relating to alleged breaches" of Covid rules, following an email obtained by ITV News dated 20 May 2020, in which 100 people were invited to a "bring-your-own-booze" event in the Downing Street garden during the first lockdown. Boris Johnson declines to say whether he was among those there.
*12 January
**The High Court rules that the government's use of a "VIP lane" to award contracts for personal protective equipment (PPE) to two companies was unlawful.
**At Prime Minister's Questions, Johnson confirms he did attend a party in the No 10 garden during the first lockdown in May 2020 and offers his "heartfelt apology". Opposition MPs and the leader of the Scottish Conservatives Douglas Ross call for his resignation.
**Prince Andrew fails in his bid to dismiss a US civil sex assault case brought against him by Virginia Giuffre.
*13 January
**MI5 warns that a Chinese spy, who they identify as Christine Ching Kui Lee, has been active in the British Parliament.
**Prince Andrew's military affiliations and royal patronages, which includes the use of " His Royal Highness", are returned to the Queen. It is announced that he will defend the Giuffre lawsuit as a "private citizen".
*14 January
**''The Daily Telegraph'' reports that two parties were held at Downing Street the night before Prince Philip's funeral, at a time when Covid restrictions banned indoor mixing. Downing Street issues an apology to the Queen.
**''The Daily Telegraph'' also reports that Kate Josephs, who was the head of the Covid taskforce, was given a leaving do on 17 December 2020. Josephs apologises for the event, saying she is 'truly sorry.'
**'' Tortoise Media'' reports Boris Johnson commuted between Downing Street and his second home, Chequers, between 16 March and 27 March 2020, when non-essential travel was banned. This is confirmed by Downing Street.
** ''The Daily Mirror'' reports that Number 10 staff had 'wine-time Fridays' throughout the pandemic, with pictures of a wine fridge bought especially for it being released alongside the story.
*17 January
** GB News announces it will play God Save the Queen at the start of live programming every day.
**A 50-year-old woman from Brighton is reported among the fatalities in the Hunga Tonga eruption and tsunami.
*19 January
**Inflation reaches 5.4%, the highest level since March 1992.
**Conservative MP Christian Wakeford defects to Labour, after submitting a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson in light of the "partygate" scandal.
*20 January
**Conservative MP William Wragg accuses whips of blackmail against Conservative MPs who are believed to support the ousting of Johnson. The Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, tells the Commons that potentially criminal offences would be a matter for the police. A Downing Street spokesperson says: "We are not aware of any evidence to support what are clearly serious allegations."
**30 elite British troops are sent to Ukraine amid fears of an imminent Russian invasion. The troops deliver 2,000 NLAW anti-tank missile launchers to Ukrainian forces to bolster their defences.
*21 January – COVID-19 in the UK: The UK Health Security Agency formally designates BA.2 as a "variant under investigation".
*24 January
**Johnson orders an inquiry into allegations by Conservative MP Nus Ghani that she was dismissed as a minister after being told her " Muslim-ness” was "making colleagues uncomfortable".
**Conservative peer Lord Agnew publicly resigns in the House of Lords after criticising the government's handling of fraudulent Covid business loans.
**'' ITV News'' reports that Johnson attended a party to celebrate his 56th birthday on 20 June 2020, despite Covid rules forbidding social gatherings indoors at the time.
** Yasmin Chkaifi, 43, is stabbed to death in Maida Vale, West London.
*25 January – At a London Assembly committee meeting, Cressida Dick confirms that the Metropolitan Police are now investigating "potential breaches of Covid-19 regulations" in Downing Street and Whitehall since 2020, as a "result of the information provided by the Cabinet Office inquiry team", led by Sue Gray.
*27 January – COVID-19 in the UK: The government's "Plan B" restrictions in England come to an end, meaning that face masks and Covid passes are no longer legally required.
*29 January – Storm Malik hits the UK, killing a 9-year-old boy and a 60-year-old woman and leaving tens of thousands of homes in Scotland and England without power.
*30 January – Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood is arrested on suspicion of raping and assaulting his girlfriend. The club suspends him "until further notice".
*31 January – The initial findings of a report by Sue Gray into Downing Street parties are published. She notes that, "At least some of the gatherings in question represent a serious failure to observe not just the high standards expected of those working at the heart of Government but also of the standards expected of the entire British population at the time," and concludes that "a number of these gatherings should not have been allowed to take place or to develop in the way that they did. There is significant learning to be drawn from these events which must be addressed immediately across Government."

February

*1 February – Johnson travels to Kyiv for talks with President Zelensky, amid rising concerns over the Russo-Ukrainian crisis.
*2 February
**The government publishes a white paper on its " levelling up" strategy, which aims to reduce the gap between rich and poor parts of the country by 2030. This includes a 40% increase in research and development spending for the North, Midlands, South West, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
** COVID-19 in the UK: 534 coronavirus-related deaths are reported, the highest daily figure since February 2021.
*3 February
**Ofgem announces a lifting of the energy price cap from £1,277 to £1,971, an increase of 54%. The regulator estimates that nearly 18 million households in England, Wales and Scotland will pay an average of £693 extra a year for gas and electricity.
**The Bank of England raises the interest rate from 0.25 to 0.5%, in a bid to restrain inflation.
**Munira Mirza resigns as Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit, saying it was in protest at Johnson's comments about Keir Starmer being responsible for the failure to prosecute serial sex offender Jimmy Savile. Three other senior aides resign hours later – Director of Communications Jack Doyle, Chief of Staff Dan Rosenfield, and Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister Martin Reynolds.
**Paul Givan resigns as First Minister of Northern Ireland in protest over Brexit checks in the Irish Sea, which are part of the Northern Ireland protocol.
**The 2022 Southend West by-election, following the murder of Sir David Amess, is won by the Conservative candidate, Anna Firth. The by-election is not contested by the major opposition parties out of respect for Amess.
*4 February
**Policy adviser Elena Narozanski becomes the fifth of Johnson's aides to resign within 24 hours.
** Peer Nazir Ahmed is jailed for sexual offences against children.
* 6 February – The Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II marks the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne as Queen of the United Kingdom.
* 7 February
**The football associations of the four nations of the United Kingdom and Ireland announce they have agreed not to bid for the 2030 World Cup, and will instead attempt a joint bid to host Euro 2028.
**Footage emerges of West Ham United player Kurt Zouma kicking and punching his pet cat. Essex Police announce they are liaising with the RSPCA and "urgent enquiries are ongoing".
**Police arrest two people after protesters shouting "traitor" surround Keir Starmer in Westminster.
* 8 February
**In the Commons, Speaker Lindsay Hoyle condemns the abuse of Starmer, while Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy links the incident to Johnson's recent comments. Hoyle tells MPs: "Those sorts of comments only inflame opinions and generate disregard for the house and it is not acceptable. Our words have consequences. And we should always be mindful of that fact."
**Johnson implements a cabinet reshuffle, which includes Jacob Rees-Mogg becoming Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency, with Mark Spencer replacing him as Leader of the House.
**Health Secretary Sajid Javid sets out the government's plans to reduce the NHS backlog resulting from the pandemic, including new facilities paid for by an extra £8bn of investment over the next three years.
* 9 February
**Ian Stewart, already convicted for the murder of children's author Helen Bailey, is sentenced to a whole-life order for the killing of his previous wife, Diane Stewart, six years earlier.
**The UK's terror threat level is lowered from severe to substantial, meaning a terror attack on British soil is considered "likely".
**Partygate: Another new photo of Johnson is leaked, this time appearing to show him next to a bottle of champagne, with a tinsel-wearing official and other staff members, apparently taken on 15 December 2020.
**The biggest breakthrough in fusion energy since 1997 is reported by Oxford's JET lab, with 59 megajoules produced over five seconds (11 megawatts of power), more than double the previous record.
* 10 February
**Foreign Secretary Liz Truss meets her Russian counterpart in Moscow, Sergey Lavrov. Her visit, the first by a UK foreign secretary in four years, sees her urge Russia to "respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine".
**At a visit to NATO in Brussels, Boris Johnson says that Europe faces "the most dangerous moment" in its "biggest security crisis" for decades. He tells reporters that he hopes "strong deterrence" and "patient diplomacy" can solve the crisis, but the stakes are "very high".
**Cressida Dick stands down as Met police commissioner after losing the confidence of Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, hours after stating she had no intention of resigning.
* 11 February
**The UK records its fastest economic growth since 1941, with new figures showing a 7.5% rise in GDP during 2021. However, this follows the collapse of 9.4% during 2020.
**The Foreign Office advises UK nationals to leave Ukraine.
* 13 February – Defence Secretary Ben Wallace tells the '' Sunday Times'' that Russia is now "highly likely" to invade Ukraine and says there is a "whiff of Munich in the air", a reference to the appeasement of Germany during the late 1930s.
* 14 February – An inquiry begins into the Post Office scandal, the most widespread miscarriage of justice in British legal history.
* 15 February – Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre reach an out-of-court settlement over her civil sex assault claim.
* 16 February
**Inflation increases to 5.5% according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures.
** Storm Dudley hits Scotland, England, and Northern Ireland, bringing widespread disruption.
*17 February – The Met Office issues a rare red weather alert for parts of South West England and Wales ahead of the onset of Storm Eunice the following day.
*18 February – Storm Eunice becomes one of the most powerful storms to hit the UK in decades, which includes the fastest wind gusts ever recorded in England, blowing at 122 miles per hour (196 km/h) on the Isle of Wight. Millions of people are urged to avoid travel and to stay indoors, with red weather alerts extended to southern and eastern England, and for the first time London. Three people are killed, and widespread damage is reported, which includes the iconic O2 Arena rooftop being partially blown away.
*20 February – COVID-19 in the UK: The Queen tests positive for COVID-19. Buckingham Palace says she has "mild cold-like symptoms" but expects to continue "light duties" at Windsor over the coming week.
*21 February
**Storm Franklin becomes the third major storm to hit the UK in less than a week, bringing strong winds and widespread flooding.
**COVID-19 in the UK: The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recommends an additional booster dose be offered to all adults over-75 and the most vulnerable over-12s in the spring.
*22 February – In response to Russia's incursion into Ukraine, the UK announces sanctions on five Russian banks and three individuals.
*24 February
**As Russia escalates to a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Johnson condemns Putin and promises "a massive package of sanctions" that will "hobble the Russian economy".
** The FTSE 100 and other markets around the world fall sharply, amid concerns over Russia and Ukraine. Oil prices exceed $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014.
*25 February – All British airlines are banned by Russia from landing at its airports and from crossing its airspace, in response to the previous day's banning of Aeroflot from landing in Britain.
*26 February
**Chelsea F.C.'s Russian owner Roman Abramovich says he is "giving trustees of Chelsea's charitable foundation the stewardship and care" of the club.
**The UK and its allies commit to removing Russian banks from the SWIFT payment system, as well as imposing measures on the Russian Central Bank and further restrictions on Russian elites.
*27 February
**Thousands of people gather in cities across the UK to show their support for Ukraine.
** BP announces it will offload its 19.75% stake in Russian state-owned oil firm Rosneft after Russia's "act of aggression in Ukraine".
**The FA announces that the England national football team will not play against Russia (at any level, age, men or women) for the foreseeable future.
**Liverpool wins the 2022 EFL Cup Final, defeating Chelsea 11–10 on penalties following a 0–0 draw after extra time. This is Liverpool's 9th League Cup trophy.
*28 February – The media regulator Ofcom launches 15 separate investigations into the Russian state owned television news channel RT UK for its coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

March

*1 March
**Southend-on-Sea becomes a city.
**2021–22 Russo-Ukrainian crisis: Following criticism of the response to Ukrainian refugees, Johnson extends the government's visa scheme to allow potentially 200,000 people to stay in the UK.
*3 March
**2021–22 Russo-Ukrainian crisis: Russia Today is removed from all broadcast platforms in the UK as part of a Europe-wide crackdown on Russian propaganda.
**2021–22 Russo-Ukrainian crisis: The UK announces sanctions against two more Russian oligarchs, Alisher Usmanov and Igor Shuvalov, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
**2022 Birmingham Erdington by-election: Paulette Hamilton wins the seat for Labour with 55.5% of the votes in a turnout of 27% of the electorate.
*4 March – 2021–22 Russo-Ukrainian crisis: Two large tankers containing Russian gas, the ''Boris Vilkitsky'' and ''Fedor Litke'', are prevented from unloading their cargos at the Grain LNG Terminal in Kent and are forced to go elsewhere. Similar action is undertaken by dockworkers at a Merseyside refinery who refuse to unload Russian oil.
*10 March – 2021–22 Russo-Ukrainian crisis: Billionaire Roman Abramovich and six other Russian oligarchs are sanctioned by the government over their links to the Kremlin. Chelsea F.C. is left unable to sell tickets for football games, unable to buy or sell players on the transfer market, and unable to operate its merchandise shop.
*12 March – COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 in the UK: The death rate from COVID-19 in the UK is shown to be below the average for western Europe in an international comparison by ''The Lancet''. The report also shows that the differences in excess deaths per 100,000 population between the UK, France, and Germany is not statistically significant.
*14 March
**2021–22 Russo-Ukrainian crisis: Squatters occupy the £50m Belgravia mansion of Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
**2022 British barristers' industrial action: the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) in England and Wales voted to undertake industrial action protesting against stagnant fees with 94 percent of Barristers in England and Wales, criminal barristers in favour.
*15 March
**2021–22 Russo-Ukrainian crisis: Additional sanctions are announced, with an export ban on luxury goods to Russia, alongside a 35% import duty hike on £900m worth of products such as Vodka#Russia, Russian vodka, metals, fertilisers and other commodities. All export finance support to both Russia and Belarus is also withdrawn, meaning the UK will no longer issue any new guarantees, loans, and insurance for exports to the countries.
**A new T-shaped design of Transmission tower, electricity pylon begins to be installed on the National Grid (Great Britain), National Grid in England and Wales, the first new design since 1927.
*16 March – Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, detained by Iran in 2016, is freed and allowed to return to the UK.
*17 March
**The Bank of England raises the interest rate from 0.5 to 0.75%, in a further bid to restrain inflation.
**P&O Ferries abruptly suspends its services and makes 800 employees redundant in a video call, saying they are to be replaced by cheaper agency staff. The move prompts outrage from trade unions, as well as MPs on both sides of the House, as the government announces it will review its contracts with the company.
*21 March
**COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 vaccination in the UK: A spring booster program begins in England, offering a fourth vaccine dose for over 75s and the most vulnerable.
**At the Old Bailey, the trial begins of Ali Harbi Ali, 26, accused of murdering Conservative MP Sir David Amess in October 2021.
**Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe holds her first press conference, with husband Richard Ratcliffe and their MP, Tulip Siddiq, at Westminster. Siddiq calls for an inquiry by the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, foreign affairs committee into why her release took so long.
*23 March
**Inflation rises again, up from 5.5% the previous month to 6.2%.
**The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, delivers his Spring statement to the House, which includes a raising of the National Insurance threshold and a cut in fuel duty.
*24 March – The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 is repealed after the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022, Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act receives royal assent, meaning that the Prime Minister will again be able to request the monarch to dissolve Parliament and call an early election, with 25 working days' notice.
*29 March – Partygate: The Met Police announces that 20 fixed penalty notices will be issued as part of the inquiry into Downing Street parties that allegedly breached Covid rules, but declines to say who the notices are being sent to or which events they relate.
*30 March
**A report by maternity expert Donna Ockenden into practices at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust finds catastrophic failings that led to hundreds of baby and mother deaths over two decades. Health Secretary Sajid Javid tells the Commons that an active police investigation, Operation Lincoln, is looking at 600 cases.
**Jamie Wallis comes out as the UK's first openly transgender MP.
*31 March
**Nationwide Building Society, Nationwide reports a 14.7% rise in house prices, the highest annual increase since 2004, with a typical UK home now costing £265,312.
** COVID-19 in the UK: The provision of free lateral flow tests comes to an end in England.

April

*1 April
**The energy price cap for domestic gas and electricity in Great Britain rises by 54%, from £1,278 to £1,971. Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey (banker), Andrew Bailey warns that the country is facing the biggest single shock from energy prices since the 1970s energy crisis, 1970s. It is the largest increase, by far, in the price cap since it was introduced.
** COVID-19 in the UK: The ONS Infection Survey reports that 4.9 million people in the UK currently have the virus, the highest figure since the pandemic began, driven by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant#BA.2, Omicron BA.2 sub-variant and people mixing more.
*2 April – COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 vaccination in the UK: Low-dose vaccines for COVID-19 become available for children aged 5 to 11 in England, with five million eligible. A second dose is recommended after 12 weeks.
*3 April – Conservative MP David Warburton is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, following his suspension from the parliamentary party amid allegations of sexual harassment and drug taking.
*6 April
**The rise in National Insurance comes into effect, adding an extra 1.25% in contributions paid by employees, businesses and the self-employed.
**The biggest reform of Divorce in England and Wales, divorce laws for 50 years comes into effect, ending the need for couples to first separate for two or more years and introducing a "no-fault" rule, bringing England and Wales into line with Scotland's laws. Lawyers predict a surge in divorce applications as a result of the change.
**New rules requiring calorie information to be displayed on menus and food labels come into force.
**COVID-19 in the UK: The final REACT study is published by Imperial College London, as the government withdraws funding as part of its "Living with Covid" strategy.
*7 April
**The government's plan to introduce a photo ID requirement for elections is defeated in the House of Lords by 199 votes to 170.
**The government's new energy strategy is published, which includes a plan for eight new Nuclear power in the United Kingdom, nuclear reactors and 95% of the UK's electricity coming from low-carbon sources by 2030.
*8 April
**Koci Selamaj is jailed for life, with a minimum term of 36 years, for the Murder of Sabina Nessa, murder of primary school teacher Sabina Nessa in south-east London in September 2021.
**The Home Secretary, Priti Patel, apologises for delays in accepting 2022 Ukrainian refugee crisis, Ukrainian refugees, with only a quarter of the 41,000 granted visas having entered the UK so far.
**Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murty announces she will pay UK taxes on her overseas income, following controversy over her Taxation in the United Kingdom#Residence and domicile, non-dom status.
*11 April
**Ali Harbi Ali, a 26-year-old Islamic extremism, Islamic extremist, is found guilty of Murder of David Amess, murdering Conservative MP Sir David Amess on 15 October 2021.
**Conservative MP for Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency), Wakefield, Imran Ahmad Khan, is found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2008 and is expelled from the party.
**The 2022 British barristers' industrial action begins with nearly 2,500 participants.

* 12 April – Partygate: Boris Johnson, his wife Carrie Johnson, and Rishi Sunak are among those issued with fixed penalty notices for breaches of lockdown rules at gatherings in Whitehall and Downing Street. This makes Johnson the first sitting Prime Minister to be sanctioned for breaking the law. 30 more penalties are announced, in addition to the 20 given by police on 29 March. Johnson and Sunak apologise, but resist calls from opposition parties including Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP to resign.

* 13 April
**Ali Harbi Ali is given a rare Life imprisonment in England and Wales#Whole life order, whole life order, following his guilty verdict two days earlier. At the Old Bailey, Nigel Sweeney, Justice Sweeney describes it as "an exceptional case" that "struck at the heart of our democracy."
**Inflation hits 7%, up from 6.2% the previous month and the highest level since 1992 in the United Kingdom, 1992.

*14 April
**COVID-19 vaccination in the UK: Valneva COVID-19 vaccine, Valneva is approved as the UK's sixth vaccine.
**COVID-19 vaccination in the UK: The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, Moderna vaccine is approved for use in 6 to 11-year olds.
**The UK signs the Rwanda asylum plan, to fly thousands of migrants who cross the English Channel in lorries or on boats more than 4,000 miles on chartered planes to the African country. The plan is criticised by many charities, as well as opposition figures.
*15 April – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UN refugee agency condemns the plan to send migrants to Rwanda, deeming it illegal and discriminatory under international law.
*19 April – In a statement to the House of Commons (United Kingdom), House of Commons, Prime Minister Johnson apologises following his receipt of a fixed penalty notice for breaching lockdown rules, and says that he did not realise he had breached rules at the time.
*20 April – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russian and Belarusian players are banned from the The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon tennis tournament.
*21 April
**Johnson begins a two-day visit to India to discuss trade and security with the country's premier, Narendra Modi.
**MPs debate a motion calling for an inquiry into claims that Johnson misled Parliament over Partygate.
*23 April – Ospreys nesting in Poole Harbour produce an egg, the first in southern England in modern times.
*24 April
** The Elections Act 2022 receives royal assent, The Act introduces voter Voter identification laws, photo identification for in-person voting to the UK for the first time. The requirement would apply to UK general elections, English local elections, and police and crime commissioner elections in England and Wales.
** Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner is accused by anonymous Tory MPs of "distracting" the Prime Minister in the Commons by crossing and uncrossing her legs. Rayner describes the claim as a "perverted smear" that shows women in politics continue to face misogyny. Her comments are echoed by Johnson, who says he "deplores" the comments directed at her.
*25 April – Four people are 2022 Bermondsey stabbing, stabbed to death in Bermondsey, London.
*26 April – DJ Tim Westwood is accused of predatory and unwanted sexual behaviour by seven women, as part of a joint BBC and ''The Guardian, Guardian'' investigation. He steps down from his Capital Xtra radio show the following day.
*27 April
**In a statement, Conservative Chief Whip of the Conservative Party, Chief Whip Chris Heaton-Harris says he is investigating reports that a Conservative MP watched pornography on his phone in the House of Commons chamber, after complaints from female Tory MPs. The MP is later revealed to be Neil Parish, Conservative MP for Tiverton and Honiton (UK Parliament constituency), Tiverton and Honiton.
**COVID-19 in the UK: The High Court of England and Wales rules that the UK government's policies on discharging untested patients from hospital to care homes in England at the start of the pandemic was unlawful because they failed to take into account the potential risk of COVID-19 to elderly and vulnerable people.
*28 April – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Scott Sibley, aged 36, becomes the first British national confirmed to have died in the conflict. A second Briton is reported missing.
*29 April
**Conservative MP Neil Parish is suspended from the Conservative Whip over allegations that he watched pornography on his phone in the House of Commons.
**Boris Becker, former tennis champion, is jailed for two and a half years following his trial at Southwark Crown Court for breaking United Kingdom insolvency law, UK insolvency laws after his 2017 bankruptcy.
*30 April – Neil Parish admits to watching pornography twice in the House of Commons and says that he will resign as an MP.

May

* 2 May – The 2022 World Snooker Championship concludes with Ronnie O'Sullivan defeating Judd Trump 18–13 in the final. This is O'Sullivan's 7th world title, equalling the record held by Stephen Hendry.
* 4 May – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: A new set of sanctions is announced by the government, with Russia banned from using British management consulting, accounting and PR services.
* 5 May – The Bank of England raises the interest rate from 0.75 to 1.0%, its highest level since 2009 in the United Kingdom, February 2009 and the fourth successive increase. The Bank also warns that inflation could reach 10% later in 2022.
* 6 May
**2022 United Kingdom local elections: The Conservative Party (UK), Conservatives suffer a net loss of 485 seats, which includes the London boroughs of Barnet London Borough Council, Barnet, Wandsworth London Borough Council, Wandsworth, and Westminster City Council, Westminster, formerly considered Tory strongholds. Labour Party (UK), Labour gain than 108 seats, while the Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats gain 240. The Green parties in the United Kingdom, Green Party has one of its best ever results, with a net gain of 87 seats. In Scotland, the SNP gains 22 seats, while in Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin receives the largest vote share.
**Convenience store chain McColl's is placed into administration, putting more than 16,000 jobs at risk.
**Durham Constabulary, Durham Police launch an investigation into whether Keir Starmer broke lockdown rules after he drank beer at an MP's constituency office during a visit to the area (dubbed 'Beergate').
* 7 May – 2022 monkeypox outbreak: Public Health England informs the World Health Organization that a case of monkeypox has been detected in an individual who travelled to Nigeria and returned to the UK, where they were hospitalised and isolated. In the following days and weeks, additional cases begin to be reported, both in the UK and other countries.
* 8 May
**2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: A new set of sanctions is announced by the government, targeting £1.7bn of trade with both Russia and Belarus. This includes import tariffs on platinum and palladium, alongside export bans on chemicals, plastics, rubber and machinery.
**The Met Office warns that the probability of Global temperature record, global average temperatures reaching 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels over the next five years is now almost 50:50 (48%). It also predicts a more than 90% chance that a new record high will occur in at least one year from 2022 to 2026.
*9 May – Meghan Gallacher is appointed Scottish Conservatives#Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservatives.
*10 May – 2022 State Opening of Parliament: Charles, Prince of Wales and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge open the third session of the List of MPs elected in the 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 Parliament on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II with the traditional Speech from the throne, Queen's Speech, the first time an heir-apparent to the throne has opened Parliament since George IV did so on behalf of his father, George III.
*12 May – Partygate: Police issue another 50 fixed penalty notices for breaches of COVID-19 rules in Downing Street and other government buildings.
*14 May – Eurovision Song Contest 2022: The UK entry performed by Sam Ryder (singer), Sam Ryder finishes in second place with 466 points, and wins the jury vote.
*16 May – Blackpool F.C., Blackpool player Jake Daniels becomes the first male football player to come out as gay since Justin Fashanu in 1990.
*17 May
**Unemployment in the United Kingdom, Unemployment falls to its lowest level since 1974 in the United Kingdom, 1974, with more job vacancies (1.3 million) than unemployed people in the UK for the first time since records began.
**Brexit: Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announces a plan to unilaterally abandon parts of the Northern Ireland protocol.
**An unnamed Conservative MP is arrested for rape and sexual assault charges spanning seven years between 2002 and 2009.
**Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, The Queen visits Paddington Station to attend the official event to mark the completion of London Underground's Elizabeth line.
*18 May – Inflation hits 9%, up from 7% the previous month and the highest level since 1982 in the United Kingdom, 1982. The figure is the highest of any G7 nation.
*19 May
**COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation recommends adults over the age of 65, frontline health workers and people aged 16–64 who are classed as vulnerable should receive a COVID booster vaccine in the autumn.
**Partygate: Downing Street confirms Prime Minister Johnson will not receive any further fines after police conclude their investigation into the Partygate affair.
* 20 May
** 2022 monkeypox outbreak: Following the initial case on 7 May, the number of confirmed infections in the UK reaches 20. Health Secretary Sajid Javid updates G7 health ministers on its spread, and says that the government has procured vaccines that are effective against the virus.
** The Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours are announced, with eight towns being given city status.
* 21 May – Five people are injured after parts of spectator stands collapse during a rehearsal for the Trooping the Colour ceremony at Horse Guards Parade in central London.
* 23 May
**Former Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency), Wakefield Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan is sentenced to 18 months in jail for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy.
**2022 monkeypox outbreak: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) reports another 37 infections, including the first known case in Scotland, bringing the total to 57.
**Partygate: Photos published by ITV News show Boris Johnson holding up a glass at a leaving do on 2020 in the United Kingdom#November, 13 November 2020, when COVID-19 regulations meant such gatherings were only allowed if reasonably necessary for work purposes. The Met Police's decision-making process during the inquiry into events at No 10 and Whitehall is questioned by lawyers, while MPs suggest the photos prove Johnson lied at the dispatch box.
*24 May
**The Elizabeth Line opens in London.
**Partygate: Staff who attended events at Downing Street during lockdown tell the BBC's ''Panorama (TV series), Panorama'' programme that people crowded together, sat on each other's laps and mocked those anxious about COVID-19. The programme also alleges that Johnson asked Sue Gray to scrap her report, although this is denied by Downing Street.
**2021–2022 global energy crisis: Ofgem chief executive Jonathan Brearley warns the average household energy bill is set to rise by about £800 a year in October.
**Members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike action, paving the way for the first national rail strike since 1994.
*25 May – Partygate: The full version of the Gray Report is published. In the 37-page document, Sue Gray concludes that senior Downing Street officials, both political and non-political, "bear responsibility" for the culture of partying during COVID lockdowns.
*26 May
**2022 monkeypox outbreak: The first cases in Wales and Northern Ireland are reported.
**Four Conservative MPs – John Baron (politician), John Baron, David Simmonds, Julian Sturdy and Stephen Hammond – join a growing list of MPs urging Johnson to resign.
**Chancellor Rishi Sunak announces a £15 billion package of measures to address soaring energy costs, partly offset by a 25% Windfall Tax (United Kingdom), windfall tax on oil and gas firms' profits. He tells the Commons that every UK household will get an energy bill discount of £400 in October, while the poorest households will also get a payment of £650 to ease living costs.
*27 May
** COVID-19 in the UK: The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reports that coronavirus infections have declined to around a million, from a peak of 4.9 million in early April, and are continuing to fall.
**A new version of the Ministerial Code is published, removing the need for a minister to resign over breaches of its rules.
*28 May – Partygate: A further two Conservative MPs – former health minister Steve Brine and Newton Abbot MP Anne Marie Morris – confirm they have submitted letters of no confidence in Johnson.
*30 May
**Partygate: Former Attorney General Jeremy Wright becomes the latest Conservative MP to call for the resignation of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister, while backbench MPs Elliot Colburn and Andrew Bridgen are the latest Conservative to submit a letter of no confidence in Johnson.
**2022 monkeypox outbreak: A further 71 cases of monkeypox are reported in England, bringing the UK total to 179.
**COVID-19 in the UK: Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby confirms he will not be attending the Platinum Jubilee National Service of Thanksgiving on 3 June due to a positive COVID-19 test. His place will be taken by Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell.
**A 3.8 magnitude earthquake is recorded in Shropshire, with its epicentre at Wem in the north of the county.
*31 May
**Partygate: John Stevenson (British politician), John Stevenson becomes the latest Conservative MP to write a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson. The Prime Minister is also criticised by Dame Andrea Leadsom, although she stops short of calling for his resignation.
**Partygate: Lord Geidt, the Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests, says there is a "legitimate question" over whether Johnson broke the ministerial code after being fined over the Partygate affair.
**Beergate: It is confirmed that Labour Party (UK), Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer, Keir Starmer and his deputy, Angela Rayner, have received questionnaires from Durham Constabulary as part of their investigation into the gathering both politicians attended on 30 April 2021.
**Rwanda asylum plan: The Home Office confirms 14 June as the date on which the first flight carrying migrants who have crossed the English Channel will leave for Rwanda.
**Bradford is named the Bradford UK City of Culture 2025, 2025 UK City of Culture.

June

* 1 June
**Recent disruption at List of airports in the United Kingdom and the British Crown Dependencies, airports continues to affect holidaymakers, with many flights being cancelled. The cause is attributed to staff shortages, as the industry struggles to recruit replacements for the workers laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic.
** COVID-19 in the UK: The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reports that the number of people suffering from Long COVID now exceeds 2 million, or about 3% of the UK population.
**West Ham United defender Kurt Zouma is sentenced to 180 hours of community service after pleading guilty to kicking and slapping his cat. He is also banned from keeping cats for five years.
*2 June – Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II: Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, The Queen attends the 2022 Trooping the Colour, Trooping the Colour parade at Horse Guards Parade, a flypast by the Red Arrows and lights the first The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacons, Platinum Jubilee Beacon at Windsor Castle, but it is announced she will not attend the Platinum Jubilee National Service of Thanksgiving, Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral the following day after experiencing some discomfort during the flypast. The Andrew, Duke of York, Duke of York will also be absent from the service after testing positive for COVID-19.
*3 June
**The Platinum Jubilee National Service of Thanksgiving is held at St Paul's Cathedral, where the Queen is praised for "staying the course" by Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell.
** Buckingham Palace confirms the Queen will not attend the following day's 2022 Epsom Derby, Epsom Derby but will watch the event on television.
**The government's plan to reintroduce imperial measurements is criticised by Asda chairman and Conservative peer Stuart Rose, Lord Rose, who says it will drive up costs for businesses and will only please a "small minority who hark for the past".
* 4 June – The Platinum Party at the Palace takes place. A pre-recorded sketch is shown of Elizabeth II and Paddington Bear acting together, and both of them tapping teaspoons on their cups to Queen (band), Queen's song We Will Rock You.
* 5 June
**The Platinum Jubilee Pageant takes place in London, concluding the Jubilee weekend. Afterwards, the Queen releases a message of thanks in which she says she is "humbled and deeply touched" by the celebrations across the UK.
**The British journalist Dom Phillips is reported missing in a remote part of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas state in Brazil.
* 6 June
**Graham Brady, Sir Graham Brady, Chairman of the 1922 Committee, Chairman of the 1922 committee of the Conservative Party, announces a 2022 vote of confidence in the Conservative Party leadership of Boris Johnson, vote of confidence in Boris Johnson's leadership of the party. A secret ballot is held from 6-8pm. The party's MPs decide that they have confidence in Johnson's leadership. However, more than 40% vote against him, with a result of 211 to 148.
**2022 monkeypox outbreak: The UK Health Security Agency confirms more cases of monkeypox have been identified in the UK, bringing the total detected to 302.
* 7 June – United Kingdom, British cinema chain Cineworld cancels all showings of the historical drama ''The Lady of Heaven'', following days of protests by Islam in the United Kingdom, Muslims who say that the movie is Islam and blasphemy, blasphemous and sectarianism, sectarian. Cineworld says that the decision to cancel showings was to "ensure the safety of our staff and customers".
* 8 June – The average price of petrol rises by two pence, to 180.73p per litre, the biggest daily jump in 17 years.
* 9 June – The Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence acquires the government's first quantum computer.
* 10 June
**The discovery is announced of Royal Navy warship HMS Gloucester (1654), HMS Gloucester, shipwreck, wrecked off the coast of Norfolk in 1682 in England, 1682. The shipwreck was found in 2007, but the discovery only revealed today for security reasons.
**Foreign Secretary Liz Truss speaks by phone to Dmytro Kuleba, her counterpart in Ukraine, following the capture and sentencing to death of two Britons fighting Russian forces in Donetsk. She calls it a "sham judgment" with "absolutely no legitimacy".
**COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 in the UK: The ONS reports that the number of infections has begun to increase again, for the first time in two months, likely caused by the original Omicron variant and newer variants SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant#BA.1 and BA.2 differences, BA.4 and BA.5.
* 12 June – The Queen becomes the second List of longest-reigning monarchs, longest reigning monarch in history, behind only Louis XIV of France who became king at the age of four.
* 13 June
**Rwanda asylum plan: The Court of Appeal (England and Wales), Court of Appeal gives the go-ahead for the first flight to Rwanda carrying asylum seekers to leave the UK the next day.
**Brexit: The UK government publishes the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, which will change aspects of the Northern Ireland Protocol to enable the easier flow of goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
**Figures released by the ONS show the economy contracted by 0.3% in April, prompting concerns that the UK is going into recession. The ONS says that the fall was driven by all main parts of the economy but accentuated by the effect that the winding down of COVID-19 testing had on the health sector.
**At the High Court, Brexit campaigner Arron Banks loses a libel case against investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr.
*14 June
**Rwanda asylum plan: It is confirmed the first flight scheduled to depart for Rwanda and carrying seven asylum seekers will not depart following legal challenges in the European Court of Human Rights.
**Russia publishes a list of UK journalists and public figures who it has banned from entering Russia in response to sanctions against that country. The list includes journalists working for the BBC, Sky UK, Sky, Channel Four and Channel 5 (British TV channel), Channel 5.
**Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, launches the first of a series of papers setting out the case for a second Scottish independence referendum.
*15 June – Lord Geidt resigns as the UK government's Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests, after being asked to advise on an issue he believed would be a deliberate breach of the Ministerial Code. A Downing Street spokesperson says he had been asked "to provide advice on a commercially sensitive matter in the national interest, which has previously had cross-party support. No decision had been taken pending that advice".
*16 June
**The Bank of England raises the interest rate from 1.0% to 1.25%, the fifth successive increase, in a bid to restrain inflation.
**England's hospital waiting list reaches a new record high of 6.5 million people.
**Researchers led by the UK's Institute of Cancer Research describe a new light-activated 'photoimmunotherapy' for brain cancer. They believe it could join surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy as a fifth major form of cancer treatment.
*17 June
**Home Secretary Priti Patel approves the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, where he faces up to 175 years in jail for violating the Espionage Act. He is given 14 days to appeal.
**The hottest day of the year in the UK is recorded for a third consecutive day. Santon Downham, in Suffolk, is measured at 32.7 °C (90 °F), surpassing the previous day's high of 29.5 °C (85.1 °F) at Northolt, west London.
**COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 in the COVID-19 in the United Kingdom, UK: The latest Office for National Statistics figures indicate another rise in COVID-19 cases, with the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II, Platinum Jubilee celebrations thought to have contributed to the increase. Figures show 1.4 million people with the virus, or one in 45, a rise from one in 65 the previous week.
**A body found in the Vale do Javari in Amazonas, Brazil on 13 June is proved to be that of missing British journalist Dom Phillips.
*18 June
**The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers confirms the rail and tube strikes planned for 21, 23 and 25 June will go ahead, after talks to resolve the situation ended without agreement.
**Thousands of protesters march through London to demand action from the government on the cost of living crisis.
*21 June – The 2022 United Kingdom railway strike, biggest rail strike since 1989 in the United Kingdom, 1989 takes place, affecting 80% of services across England, Scotland and Wales, including the London Underground. Unions claim that Network Rail is threatening to cut safety-critical jobs (a characterisation that Network Rail rejects) as part of its modernisation programme, which would also include an increase in working hours. Rail workers also demand pay rises to keep up with soaring inflation. However, critics of the strike point to changing commuter habits, such as ticket offices being nearly obsolete, as well as more working from home, and the need for efficiency improvements.
*22 June
**Inflation increases to 9.1%, from 9% last month.
**The UK Health Security Agency declares a national incident after poliovirus is found in sewage samples collected from the Beckton Sewage Treatment Works, East London.
*23 June
**The UK is hit by a second day of rail strikes. National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, RMT boss Mick Lynch (trade unionist), Mick Lynch warns that further strikes are "extremely likely" if talks to resolve the dispute continue to fail.
**2022 Wakefield by-election: Labour regain the seat from the Conservatives with a 47.9% vote share.
**2022 Tiverton and Honiton by-election: The Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats gain the seat, overturning a substantial Conservative majority of 24,239.
*24 June
**COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 in the COVID-19 in the United Kingdom, UK: The latest Office for National Statistics data suggests another rise in the number of people infected with COVID, with 1.7 million people with the virus in the week up to 18 June, roughly one in 38.
**International chemicals firm Tata Chemicals Europe opens the UK's first industrial-scale carbon capture and utilisation plant in Northwich, Cheshire.
*25 June – A third day of rail strikes are held across the country.
*26 June
**SNP MP Patrick Grady resigns party membership and will sit as an independent in the House of Commons.
**Murder of Zara Aleena
*27 June – Barristers walk out of courts across England and Wales in a dispute over legal aid funding.
*28 June
**Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon proposes 19 October 2023 as the date for a second referendum on Scottish independence, independence.
**Initial results from the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census are published, showing a 6.3% rise in the population of England and Wales since the 2011 United Kingdom census, previous census in 2011 in the United Kingdom, 2011, one of the biggest increases on record. The population of England and Wales is 59,597,300, while the UK is estimated at 66,966,400. The figures show more people aged over 65 than ever before.
**2022 monkeypox outbreak: The number of cases recorded in the UK exceeds 1,000.
** COVID-19 in the UK: A public inquiry begins into the UK's handling of the pandemic.
*29 June – The Climate Change Committee publishes its largest UK climate progress report to date, warning that the UK will fail to achieve net zero by 2050 under current policies.
*30 June
**An additional £1 billion in funding for military aid to Ukraine is announced.
**Former Scottish National Party, SNP MP Natalie McGarry is jailed for two years for embezzling £25,000.
**2022 monkeypox outbreak: Professor Kevin Fenton of Public Health England urges anyone with monkeypox symptoms – blisters, fevers, and swollen glands – not to attend LGBT pride, Pride events over the weekend.
**Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency), Tamworth MP Chris Pincher resigns as Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party deputy chief whip, saying he "embarrassed myself and other people" and "drank far too much" following Chris Pincher scandal, an incident at a party the previous evening.

July

* 1 July
**Chris Pincher has the Conservative Party Whip (politics), Whip withdrawn and will sit in the House of Commons (United Kingdom), House of Commons as an independent MP. A formal complaint about his conduct is also lodged with the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS).
**COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 in the COVID-19 in the United Kingdom, UK: Office for National Statistics data suggests COVID-19 cases in the UK are rising again, with 2.3 million people infected with the virus, around one in 30, in the week ending 24 June. The statistics show a 32% rise on the previous week, with the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants thought to be responsible for the rise.
* 2 July – Members of the ASLEF union stage their second strike in two weeks, in a dispute over pay, affecting 90% of train services operated by Greater Anglia (train operating company), Greater Anglia.
* 3 July
**A further six allegations against Chris Pincher emerge, involving behaviour over a decade. One complainant is reported to have given 10 Downing Street details in February 2022 and expressed concerns over Pincher becoming a whip in charge of other MPs' welfare. Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey tells the BBC Prime Minister Boris Johnson was not aware of "specific allegations" against Pincher at the time of his appointment as Deputy Chief Whip in February 2022.
**Carlos Sainz Jr., Carlos Sainz wins the 2022 British Grand Prix, taking his maiden race win in the Formula One World Championship.
* 4 July – The number of pubs in England and Wales falls below 40,000 to its lowest level on record, driven by a combination of rising costs and changing social behaviours.
* 5 July
** July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis:
***In an interview with the BBC's Chris Mason (journalist), Chris Mason, Johnson says he had been told about a misconduct complaint against Pincher before appointing him to the role of Deputy Chief Whip in February 2022. Johnson describes his decision as a "bad mistake".
***Sajid Javid resigns as health secretary, saying he "can no longer, in good conscience, continue serving in this government."
*** Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, also resigns, saying the public expect government to be conducted "properly, competently and seriously."
***Andrew Murrison resigns as Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy to Morocco.
***Bim Afolami, Vice Chair of the Conservative party, resigns on air during an interview with TalkTV (British TV channel), TalkTV.
***Jonathan Gullis resigns as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, saying "we have been focused on dealing with our reputational damage rather than delivering for the people."
***Saqib Bhatti, Parliamentary Private Secretary to now former health secretary Sajid Javid, also resigns.
***Nicola Richards, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport, quits her role, describing the Conservative Party as "currently unrecognisable."
***Virginia Crosbie, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales, Wales Office, also resigns.
***Alex Chalk resigns as Solicitor General for England and Wales, Solicitor General, citing the Owen Paterson scandal, Partygate and the Chris Pincher scandal.
***Saqib Bhatti resigns as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State.
***Laura Trott (politician), Laura Trott resigns as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport, citing "trust in politics is – and must always be – of the utmost importance, but sadly in recent months this has been lost".
**In the latest of a series of climate protests at art museums around the world, Just Stop Oil protestors glue themselves to paintings within the Royal Academy of Arts, including its depiction of The Last Supper (Leonardo), The Last Supper.
* 6 July
** July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis:
***Will Quince an education minister, resigns after "accepting and repeating assurances to the media [from No 10] which have now been found to be inaccurate".
***Robin Walker resigns as Minister of State for School Standards, saying he cannot "in good conscience" serve in Johnson's government.
***John Glen (politician), John Glen resigns as Economic Secretary to the Treasury, citing "poor judgment" shown by Johnson.
***Victoria Atkins resigns as Minister of State for Prisons and Probation, citing concerns with party leadership.
***Jo Churchill resigns as Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs#Ministers, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Agri-Innovation and Climate Adaptation, citing concerns over "integrity, competence, and judgement" by the Prime Minister.
***Stuart Andrew resigns as Minister of State for Housing, saying "our great country deserve better."
***Felicity Buchan resigns as Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
***Selaine Saxby resigns as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Treasury, citing concerns over "trust, truth and integrity" in government.
***Claire Coutinho resigns as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Treasury, saying "events of recent weeks" are a distraction.
***David Johnston (British politician), David Johnston resigns as Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Department for Education, citing concerns over Johnson's leadership.
***Five ministers – Kemi Badenoch, Neil O'Brien, Alex Burghart, Lee Rowley and Julia Lopez (politician), Julia Lopez – issue a joint resignation letter, saying "it has become increasingly clear that the government cannot function given the issues that have come to light" and calling on Johnson to resign. Dozens of further resignations are announced during the next 24 hours, bringing the total to 63, out of 179 Government officials.
***Boris Johnson dismisses Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Secretary of State for Levelling Up Michael Gove, due to Gove's calls for him to resign.
***In an interview with ITV's Robert Peston, Attorney General Suella Braverman announces that she will stand in a Conservative Party leadership election if one is called.
**The Pound sterling, pound slides to a two-year low against the United States dollar, dollar.
**The income threshold for paying National Insurance is raised from £9,880 to £12,570, meaning that two million workers will no longer pay it.
**UEFA Women's Euro 2022 commences. The competition is hosted in England, and England win their first match against Austria 1–0.
* 7 July
** Boris Johnson announces his pending resignation as Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader as a result of the resignations from his ministry, prompting a July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, leadership election which will finish in September.
**July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis: Education Secretary Michelle Donelan resigns after 36 hours in the post.
**Tom Tugendhat, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, announces he will put his name forward for the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.
* 8 July
**Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak launches his campaign for the July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.
**Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, Keir Starmer and deputy Angela Rayner are cleared of breaking lockdown rules over a Durham "beergate" meeting.
**Sir Mark Rowley is appointed as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, succeeding Dame Cressida Dick.
**COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: The latest Office for National Statistics data for the week ending 1 July suggests 2.7 million people, or one in 25, were infected with COVID-19 as the number of cases continue to rise.
**Stephen Greenhalgh resigns as Building Safety and Fire Minister, citing the events leading up to Johnson's resignation.
**A heat health alert is issued for parts of the UK with temperatures expected to exceed 30 °C in the coming days.
*9 July
**July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election:
***Sajid Javid, former Health Secretary, launches his campaign to be the next leader of the Conservative Party.
***Jeremy Hunt, also a former Health Secretary, launches his bid to be the next Conservative leader.
***Grant Shapps, Transport Secretary launches his leadership campaign.
***Nadhim Zahawi, Chancellor, announces his intention to run.
***Kemi Badenoch, former Equalities Minister, announces her candidacy.
*10 July
**July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election:
***Penny Mordaunt, Secretary of State for Trade Policy, launches her leadership campaign.
***Liz Truss, Foreign Secretary, launches her leadership campaign.
***Rehman Chishti launches his leadership campaign.
**Novak Djokovic beats Nick Kyrgios to win the 2022 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2022 Wimbledon Championships.
*11 July
**July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election: 1922 Committee chair Sir Graham Brady unveils the timetable for the leadership election, with the election due to complete on 5 September.
**As temperatures reach 32 °C in some places, the Met Office issues an extreme weather warning for Sunday 17 July, when temperatures are expected to climb even higher.
**Members of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) at eight train operators vote overwhelmingly to take strike action in a dispute over pay, while members of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) at South Western Railway (train operating company), South Western Railway also vote to take industrial action.
*12 July
**A report from a Telford child sexual exploitation scandal, three-year inquiry into the child sexual exploitation in Telford is released. It reveals more than 1,000 girls had been abused over a 40-year period, and that agencies blamed victims for the abuse they suffered, not the perpetrators, and exploitation was not investigated because of "nervousness about race" in the belief that investigation against Asian men would inflame "racial tensions". The report makes 47 recommendations for improvement by agencies involved. West Mercia Police apologise "unequivocally" for past events, as well as Telford and Wrekin Council. Victims were often blamed for "child prostitution" and offenders were emboldened by the lack of police action.
**July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election: Nominations for the election are confirmed, with eight candidates – Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman, Jeremy Hunt, Penny Mordaunt, Rishi Sunak, Tom Tugendhat, Liz Truss and Nadhim Zahawi – going into the leadership race. Three candidates – Rehman Chishti, Sajid Javid and Grant Shapps – withdraw before they can be nominated.
**2022 United Kingdom railway strike: Network Rail makes a fresh pay offer worth more than 5%, but linked to workers accepting "modernising reforms".
*13 July
**July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election: Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi are eliminated in the first round of MPs' voting, while Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt emerge as the frontrunners.
**COVID-19 in the UK: The number of confirmed deaths from the virus is reported to have exceeded 200,000. Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant#BA.4 and BA.5, BA.4 and BA.5 are now the dominant subvariants.
**2022 United Kingdom railway strike: The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) announces another 24-hour strike for Wednesday 27 July.
**The Met Office extends its severe weather warning to Tuesday 19 July, when temperatures are expected to peak at 36 °C.
*14 July
**July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election: Suella Braverman is knocked out of the contest in the second round of the MPs' ballot, with Sunak and Mordaunt remaining the front runners.
**2022 United Kingdom railway strike: ASLEF announces that train drivers at eight train companies – Arriva Rail London, Chiltern Railways, Great Western Railway, LNER, Greater Anglia, Southeastern, Hull Trains and West Midlands Trains – will strike on 30 July. The RMT also announces strikes at Network Rail and 14 train operators for 18 and 20 August.
*15 July
**A national emergency is declared after a red extreme heat warning is issued by the Met Office for London, the south east and parts of central England as temperatures are expected to reach 40 °C on 18 and 19 July, while the UK Health Security Agency increases its own warning to level four, indicating a risk to life among the fit and healthy.
**COVID-19 in the UK:
***The latest Office for National Statistics data for the week ending 8 July indicates 3.5 million people, roughly one in 18, were infected with COVID-19 in that week, up from one in 25, or 2.7 million, the previous week.
***The vaccine booster programme scheduled for the coming autumn is extended to cover all adults over 50, along with younger people considered to be vulnerable and health and social care workers.
*17 July – The UK government confirms that every state school in England will have a defibrillator by summer 2023.
*18 July
**2022 United Kingdom heatwaves: The hottest day of the year is recorded by the Met Office, with a temperature of 38.1 °C (100.6 °F) in Santon Downham.
**July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election: Tom Tugendhat is eliminated in the third round of the MPs' ballot, with Rishi Sunak leading the votes.
**The Johnson Government wins a House of Commons 2022 vote of confidence in the Johnson ministry, vote of confidence by 349 votes to 238 – a majority of 111.
**Bison, Wild bison are reintroduced in the UK for the first time in thousands of years. Three of the animals are allowed to roam in the Kent countryside, where it is hoped they could improve the local ecology.
**The world's largest automated Unmanned aerial vehicle, drone superhighway is announced by Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, connecting several towns across the Midlands, southern, and eastern England.
*19 July
**2022 United Kingdom heatwaves:
***A temperature above 40 °C is recorded for the first time in the UK, with a provisional Met Office reading of 40.3 °C at Coningsby, Lincolnshire beating the previous record high of 38.7 °C set in Cambridge in 2019 in the United Kingdom#July, July 2019. A record night-time temperature is also recorded for 18–19 July, with 25.9 °C at Emley Moor transmitting station, Emley Moor, West Yorkshire. This is an increase of 2 °C from the previous record, set in Brighton in August 1990. Temperatures in many other parts of the country did not fall below 25 °C, giving the UK its warmest tropical night on record.
***A major incident is declared in London, with more than 250 firefighters battling Wildfire, grassfires in the east and south of the capital. As a result, London Fire Brigade has its busiest day since World War II, World War Two.
**July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election: Kemi Badenoch is eliminated in the fourth round of the MPs' ballot, with Rishi Sunak again topping the poll, and Liz Truss gaining ground on Penny Mordaunt.
*20 July
**Boris Johnson takes his final Prime Minister's Questions.
**July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election: Penny Mordaunt is knocked out in the fifth and final round of the MPs' ballot, after Liz Truss overtakes her, leaving Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to go head-to-head in a ballot of party members.
**The Sizewell C nuclear power station receives government approval, with an estimated cost of £20 billion.
**Inflation reaches 9.4%, up from 9.1% the previous month.
*21 July
**The COVID-19 public inquiry in the United Kingdom, UK's COVID-19 public inquiry launches with chair Heather Hallett, Baroness Hallett, Baroness Hallett promising a robust look into the UK's handling of the pandemic and whether more could have been done.
**A potential cure for haemophilia B is announced by British doctors, which corrects the genetic defect associated with the condition.
*22 July – COVID-19 in the UK: The latest Office for National Statistics data for the week ending 15 July shows 3.8 million COVID-19 infections in the UK, a rise of 7% on the previous week. The ONS figures show a slow in the growth of cases while data from other sources, such as the government's COVID-19 Dashboard, suggest the latest wave has already reached its peak.
*25 July – It is confirmed that the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, 2023 Eurovision Song Contest will be held in the UK as Ukraine is unable to host it because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, ongoing conflict with Russia.
*26 July
**A July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, Conservative leadership debate on TalkTV (British TV channel), TalkTV between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss is halted after presenter Kate McCann Syncope (medicine), faints on air.
**The Met Office reports that the period between January and June was the driest since 1976 in the United Kingdom, 1976, as the government meets with United Kingdom water companies, water companies to discuss the protection of supplies.
**UEFA Women's Euro 2022: England women's national football team, England win their semi-final match against Sweden women's national football team, Sweden 4–0.
*27 July
**Progress towards a Universal coronavirus vaccine, pan coronavirus vaccine is announced by the Francis Crick Institute in London, following tests on mice. Antibodies targeting the S2 subunit of SARS-CoV-2's spike protein are found to neutralise multiple coronavirus variants.
**National Rail staff hold strikes in a dispute over pay, affecting many services across the UK, with further industrial action the following day and on 30 July.
*28 July
**TV cameras are allowed into Crown Court, crown courts such as the Old Bailey for the Sentencing of Ben Oliver, first time in England and Wales, though only to film judges handing down sentences to convicted criminals.
**The 2022 Commonwealth Games begin in Birmingham.
*29 July
**Rebekah Vardy loses her libel case against Coleen Rooney, bringing the "''Wagatha Christie''" trial to an end.
**COVID-19 in the UK: Office for National Statistics data for the week up to 20 July indicates 3.2 million people in the UK were infected with COVID-19, a fall from 3.8 million the previous week and suggesting cases in the latest wave have peaked.
*30 July – Rail passengers face more disruption as train drivers at seven companies walk out in a dispute over pay. Almost a quarter of Britain's rail network is affected.
*31 July – England women's national football team, England win UEFA Women's Euro 2022, beating Germany women's national football team, Germany 2–1; the winning goals are scored by Ella Toone and Chloe Kelly. It is England's first major football victory since the 1966 FIFA World Cup, 1966 men's FIFA World Cup.

August

* 1 August – The Hinkley Point B Nuclear power in the United Kingdom, nuclear power station in Somerset reaches the end of its working life.
* 2 August – A man allegedly found with a crossbow in the grounds of Windsor Castle on Christmas Day 2021 is charged under the Treason Act 1842, 1842 Treason Act with threatening to alarm or injure Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, the Queen.
* 3 August
**As a prolonged dry spell continues in Southern England, a hosepipe ban is announced for Kent and Sussex from 12 August.
**Marks and Spencer announces that it will stop selling Disposable grill, disposable barbecues "to help protect open spaces and reduce the risk of fires".
**Sir Patrick Vallance, the UK Government's Government Chief Scientific Adviser (United Kingdom), Chief Scientific Adviser who helped steer the UK through the COVID-19 pandemic, announces he will step down from the role in April 2023.
*4 August – The Bank of England raises its Official bank rate, base interest rate from 1.25% to 1.75%, the biggest increase in 27 years. The Bank also warns that inflation could reach 13% later in the year and that the British economy may enter a recession.
* 5 August
**Network Rail management staff belonging to the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association vote to accept a 4% pay rise.
**The Unite the Union, Unite union announces that 1,900 workers at Felixstowe Docks, one of the UK's largest ports, will stage an eight-day strike from 21 August after rejecting a 7% pay rise from the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company.
**COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 in the UK: The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows another drop in the number of people in the UK with COVID-19, with 2.6 million cases in the week up to 26 July, a fall of over half a million from 3.2 million the previous week.
**It is confirmed that a software outage affecting some NHS services, such as NHS 111, the previous day was the result of software hackers.
* 6 August
**12-year-old Archie Battersbee case, Archie Battersbee dies after his life support machine is switched off, following a series of legal challenges by his parents attempting to keep him alive.
**Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, writing in ''The Observer'', urges the government to introduce an emergency budget before the next round of energy price rises, in order to avoid "a financial timebomb [that] will explode for families in October".
* 8 August
**England finish the 2022 Commonwealth Games in second place behind Australia with 176 medals, 97 of them gold, surpassing their 2014 total of 174.
**As the UK prepares for another heatwave, the UK Health Security Agency issues a level 3 heat health alert for central and southern England effective from 9 to 13 August.
*9 August – Thames Water announces plans to introduce a hosepipe ban for its 15 million customers, with a start date to be confirmed.
*10 August
**Consumer expert Martin Lewis (financial journalist), Martin Lewis warns that soaring energy bills are "a national crisis" on the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic and urges the government to do more to help people.
**A meeting of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation recommends an urgent polio Polio vaccine, vaccine booster campaign for children aged one to nine in London, following detection of the virus in 116 samples of wastewater.
**One person is killed and three are injured during the Skye and Wester Ross attacks.
*11 August
**The Prime Minister, Chancellor, and Business Secretary meet representatives of energy companies to discuss the ongoing price rises, but the meeting concludes without any firm resolution.
**The Met Office issues a fire severity alert over the coming weekend, warning there is an "exceptional" risk of fire spreading in some areas.
*12 August
**A 2022 United Kingdom drought, drought is declared in large parts of Central, Southern and Eastern England.
**The ONS reports that the UK economy shrank by 0.1% between April and June.
**Tesco announces an increase in automated self-checkout services within its larger stores, following successful trials.
*13 August – 2022 United Kingdom railway strikes: Members of the train drivers' union ASLEF stage a 24-hour strike, disrupting train services across much of the UK mainland, with some areas such as London and Birmingham running no trains at all.
*14 August
**2022 United Kingdom heatwaves: The prolonged period of extreme heat across the UK draws to an end, with lower temperatures and thunderstorms in Scotland and Northern Ireland, which are forecast to spread into England and Wales the following day. Flash flooding is expected in some areas, due to the parched ground.
** The Crown Prosecution Service confirms that six people who were charged with breaching lockdown rules after attending demonstrations in the wake of the March 2021 murder of Sarah Everard will not be prosecuted.
*15 August
**COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 vaccination in the UK: The UK becomes the first country to approve an updated Moderna vaccine that offers protection against the original COVID-19 virus, as well as the Omicron variant.
**The Cabinet Office announces the launch of an Mobile phone alerts in the United Kingdom, emergency warning system to send alerts about severe weather and other life-threatening events to mobile phones. The system will launch in October and cover England, Scotland and Wales.
**Scotland becomes the first country in the world to make free sanitary products available to women after Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021, legislation passed by the Scottish Parliament comes into force.
*16 August
**Conservative MP William Wragg announces on Twitter that he is taking a break from his duties, due to severe Depression (mood), depression and anxiety.
**NHS England confirms it is extending its bowel cancer screening programme to all adults over the age of 58.
*17 August
**UK cost of living crisis: Inflation rises again, from 9.4% to 10.1%, driven by the ongoing surge in food and energy prices. It now stands at the highest level since 1982 in the United Kingdom#February, February 1982.
**Heavy rain brings flash flooding to southern England.
*18 August
**The first post-COVID A Level results are published in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with the number of students receiving A* grades lower than in 2021, but higher than in 2019 when the last public examinations were sat; 36.4% of A Levels were marked at A* and A in 2022, compared with 44.8% in 2021.
**The latest in a series of strikes is held by rail workers, with only 20% of train services running. RMT boss Mick Lynch (trade unionist), Mick Lynch warns that the dispute could go on "indefinitely" unless a pay settlement is reached.
**Former SNP (now Independent) MP Margaret Ferrier pleads guilty to breaching COVID-19 rules after being told to self isolate in September 2020.
*19 August
**Tesco cancels all home deliveries scheduled for after 1pm, due to a technical fault, leading to thousands of complaints.
**COVID-19 in the UK: The latest Office for National Statistics data, covering the first week of August, indicates that 1.7 million people had COVID-19, or one in 40.
**A drought is declared in south west Wales, specifically in north Ceredigion, Teifi, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthen, Swansea, Llanelli, Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend.
*20 August – A sixth one-day strike is held by railway workers belonging to the RMT union.
*21 August – Dock workers at Port of Felixstowe, Felixstowe, which handles half of the UK's container cargo, walk out for eight days in a dispute over pay, their first strike in 30 years.
*22 August
**Killing of Olivia Pratt-Korbel, Olivia Pratt-Korbel, 9, is mistakenly shot by a masked gunman in Liverpool, and is pronounced dead later the same day. The intended target of the attack was a 35-year-old man who has Criminal conviction, criminal convictions for drug dealing and burglary.
**Barristers in England and Wales vote overwhelmingly for an indefinite, uninterrupted strike to begin on 5 September, delaying thousands of cases.
**The Liberal Democrats accuse water companies of failing to properly monitor sewage discharges at beaches, following pollution warnings at more than 40 locations the previous week.
**Almost 1,300 migrants cross the English Channel in 27 boats, setting a new record for English Channel migrant crossings (2018–present), crossings in a single day.
**A £5 billion Class action, class action claim against Sony is made at the Competition Appeal Tribunal, alleging that the PlayStation Store engages in Monopolization, monopolisation and price gouging.
*23 August – A drought is declared in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands.
*25 August
**The Royal Entomological Society reports a huge recovery in the number of large blue butterflies in south-west England, following a successful conservation project. Estimated at 20,000 insects, this colony is now the largest in Europe.
**Train drivers at Chiltern Railways, Northern Trains and TransPennine Express belonging to the ASLEF union vote to take strike action in a dispute over pay and conditions.
**The first post-pandemic GCSE results are published, and highlight a difference in performance between the regions, with a third of exam results in London being top grades, while the number is a fifth in the north of England.
*26 August
**Ofgem announces an 80% rise in the price cap on household energy bills, from £1,971 to £3,549. Martin Lewis describes the increase as "catastrophic" and warns that people will die without more government help. The Chancellor, Nadhim Zahawi, acknowledges the seriousness of the situation and insists that "help is coming".
**115,000 postal workers at the Royal Mail stage a walk out in a dispute over pay, with additional strikes planned for 31 August, 8 and 9 September.
**2022 Just Stop Oil central London blockade, 43 protestors are arrested during a Just Stop Oil protest and blockade in London.
*29 August
**The Notting Hill Carnival returns for the first time since 2019. The event is marred by a number of violent incidents, including the fatal stabbing of a 21-year-old man.
**July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election: Liz Truss pulls out of a scheduled BBC One interview with Nick Robinson (journalist), Nick Robinson, saying she can no longer spare the time.
*30 August
**A drought is declared in South West England, covering Bristol, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Dorset and parts of Wiltshire.
**Eurostar announces it is to suspend train services between London and Disneyland Paris from 5 June 2023 to concentrate on its core routes.
*31 August
**Buckingham Palace confirms that the Queen will appoint the next Prime Minister at Balmoral Castle, Balmoral, breaking with tradition by not returning to London to make the appointment.
**Hornsea Wind Farm#Hornsea Project 2, Hornsea Project 2 becomes operational in the North Sea, with 165 turbines providing 1.4 GW, making it the world's biggest wind farm.
**By the end of August, pound sterling has experienced its biggest monthly fall since 2016, sliding 5% against the US dollar to reach $1.16 on the currency markets.

September

* 1 September – In one of his last actions as Prime Minister, Johnson confirms that the government will provide £700 million in funding for the Sizewell C nuclear power station.
*2 September
**Sky News reports that a Cabinet minister and a senior Downing Street aide in the Johnson Government are facing allegations of sexual misconduct following claims made by two women at Westminster.
** Following an 11-hour meeting between unions and council leaders hosted by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh, unions call off school and bin strikes in Scotland.
**Buckingham Palace confirms the Queen will miss the 2022 Braemar Games, which she was scheduled to attend the following day. Prince Charles will attend instead.
**Extinction Rebellion stage a 2022 House of Commons protest, protest in the House of Commons, with three people gluing themselves together next to the Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom), Speaker's chair and demanding a "citizens' assembly" to discuss the climate crisis.
*4 September – A 21-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of trespass after climbing The Shard in central London. Two other men are detained on suspicion of causing a public nuisance.
* 5 September
**July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election: Liz Truss is elected as the Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), leader of the Conservative Party, beating Rishi Sunak, winning 57.4% of the members' vote to Sunak's 42.6%.
**COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 vaccination in the UK: An Autumn booster jab is offered to adults aged 50 and over, along with vulnerable groups, and key workers such as health staff. This is targeted to work against the Omicron variant.
* 6 September
**Liz Truss Premiership of Liz Truss, becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and forms the Truss ministry.
**For the first time in Politics of the United Kingdom, British political history, no white men hold positions in the Great Offices of State.
* 7 September
**Truss faces her first Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons and is quizzed on her plans to tackle the 2021–present global energy crisis#United Kingdom, energy crisis.
**Buckingham Palace announces that the Queen has postponed an online meeting of the Privy Council after being advised to rest by doctors.

*8 September
**In the early afternoon, Buckingham Palace announces that the Queen is under medical supervision at Balmoral after doctors became concerned for her health. Senior members of the royal family travel to Balmoral to be with her.
**Death of Elizabeth II: At 6:30pm, Buckingham Palace announces that Queen Elizabeth II has died peacefully, aged 96.
**Charles III, Charles becomes King of the United Kingdom and head of the Commonwealth of Nations upon the death of his mother.
**Following the announcement of the Queen's death, the RMT and ASLEF rail unions suspend strikes planned for 15 and 17 September. A Royal Mail strike planned for the following day is also suspended.
**Liz Truss announces plans to limit energy bills, with a bill for a typical household capped at £2,500 a year for the next two years. A new six month scheme to limit bills for businesses is also announced.
*9 September
**The House of Commons begins two days of tributes to the Queen, after which Parliament will be suspended until after 21 September. Liz Truss opens the proceedings by describing the late monarch as "one of the greatest leaders the world has known".
**Across the country, members of the public leave flowers and tributes outside palaces and churches to mark the Queen's passing. Gun salutes are fired in many locations, including British overseas territories such as Gibraltar. King Charles III and Queen Camilla, meet crowds outside Buckingham Palace. In a televised address from inside the palace, Charles renews his mother's "lifelong promise of service", calling her his "darling mama". A service of prayer and reflection is later held at St Paul's Cathedral. The service closes with the first official singing of God Save the King in over 70 years.
**A man is arrested at Birmingham Airport in connection with the 1996 Manchester bombing, 1996 Manchester IRA bombing.
*10 September
**Historic ceremonies take place at St James's Palace and the Royal Exchange, London, Royal Exchange, with Prince William, Queen Camilla, serving politicians and former prime ministers in attendance, as Proclamation of accession of Charles III, Charles III is formally proclaimed king.
**Senior MPs, including Prime Minister Liz Truss, swear an Oath of Allegiance (United Kingdom), Oath of Allegiance to Charles III in a special session of Parliament.
**The UK Government announces that Monday 19 September, the date of the state funeral of Elizabeth II, will be a national public holidays in the United Kingdom, bank holiday.
*11 September – The Queen's coffin is delivered by hearse from Balmoral Castle, Balmoral to Edinburgh. Silent onlookers throw floral tributes along the route, as the cortege makes a six-hour journey to the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
*12 September
**Charles III addresses Parliament as monarch for the first time, then travels to Edinburgh to lead a procession behind the Queen's coffin.
**Addressing the Scottish Parliament, the King speaks of his 'great admiration' for Scotland.
**COVID-19 in the UK: Data released by the Office for National Statistics indicates that cases of COVID-19 are at their lowest since October 2021, with fewer than a million people (roughly one in 70) with the virus in the last week of August.
*13 September
**About 33,000 people file through St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, where the Queen lies at rest for 24 hours.
**Later in the day, the Queen's coffin is flown to RAF Northolt before being transported to Buckingham Palace by hearse.
**The King travels to Northern Ireland for a private meeting with senior politicians.
**A 22-year-old man is charged in connection with a breach of the peace after the Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Duke of York was heckled as he walked behind the Queen's coffin in Edinburgh the previous day.
**Margaret Ferrier, the MP who travelled by train from London to Scotland after receiving a positive COVID test in September 2020, is given 270 hours of community service after previously pleading guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to culpably and recklessly exposing the public to the virus.
*14 September
**The Queen's coffin is taken from Buckingham Palace's Bow Room, placed on a gun carriage of King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and moved in a procession to Westminster Hall for her lying in state. The first public mourners are then allowed to pay their respects. An estimated 400,000 people are expected to file past the coffin over the next four days, with queues of up to 30 hours stretching for miles along the River Thames.
**Inflation falls slightly, from 10.1% the previous month to 9.9%. Food price inflation continues to be rapid, reaching a 14-year high of 13.1%, but is outweighed in the annual index by a drop in the cost of motor fuels.
*16 September
**King Charles and Queen Camilla visit Cardiff for a service at Llandaff Cathedral. The King addresses the Senedd in Welsh and English before attending a Welsh Government reception at Cardiff Castle.
**The queue to see the Queen lying in state at Westminster Hall is paused for several hours, after Southwark Park – the end of the five-mile queue – reaches capacity.
**A man is arrested under the Public Order Act after running up the steps to the catafalque and touching the Queen's coffin.
**The pound falls more than 1% against the U.S. dollar and reaches a new 37-year low of $1.13, amid concerns over poor retail figures.
**Two police officers are stabbed in central London, leaving one with a potentially life-changing injury and the other with neck and chest wounds. A man is arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and assaulting an emergency worker. The attack is not terror-related or connected to the Queen's death.
*17 September – The King and Prince William greet some of those queuing outside Westminster Hall. Later, a vigil is held around the coffin by the Family tree of the British royal family#House of Windsor, Queen's grandchildren.
*18 September
**In a pre-recorded television address, Queen Camilla pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II who she describes as being in the "difficult position" of being a "solitary woman" in a male-dominated world.
**At 8.00pm the UK holds a moment of silence, minute's silence in honour of the Queen.
**Large-scale disorder breaks out in Leicester, amid tensions involving mainly young men from sections of the Muslim and Hindu communities.
*19 September – Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, State funeral of Elizabeth II: At 6.30am, public viewing of the Queen's lying-in-state comes to an end. At 8am, the funeral congregation which includes around 100 presidents and heads of government from around the world begins to gather nearby at Westminster Abbey. At 10:30, the Queen's coffin is delivered by gun carriage from Westminster Hall to the abbey, followed inside by the King and other members of the royal family. A service is then held from 11:00 to 12:15, watched by a global audience estimated in the billions. The coffin is then drawn in a 1.5-mile walking procession to Wellington Arch, with crowds of mourners packing the streets of central London, arriving at 13:00. It is then transferred to a hearse, for delivery to Windsor Castle and a committal service at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, St George's chapel. This is followed by a private ceremony attended by her family in the King George VI Memorial Chapel, King George VI Memorial chapel. The Queen is buried alongside her husband, the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Edinburgh.
*21 September – The government announces a scheme that will freeze wholesale gas and electricity prices for businesses for six months from 1 October.
*22 September
**The government reverses the ban on Hydraulic fracturing in England, fracking in England.
**UK interest rates rise from 1.75 to 2.25%, the biggest increase in 27 years, as the Bank of England attempts to curb inflation.
**The UK government announces a 1.25% rise in National Insurance contributions will be reversed from 6 November. The planned Health and Social Care Levy will also be scrapped.
*23 September
**Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng delivers an emergency September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget, mini-budget in which he announces the biggest tax cuts in the UK since 1972 United Kingdom budget, 1972. The 45% top rate of income tax, paid by only the highest earners in England Wales and Northern Ireland, will be scrapped, while the basic rate in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be reduced from 20% to 19%. The cap on bankers' bonuses is lifted, and a planned rise in corporation tax is also scrapped. An increase in National Insurance is reversed, while the threshold before Stamp duty in the United Kingdom, stamp duty is paid in England and Northern Ireland is raised to £425,000 for first time buyers and £250,000 for everyone else.
**Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, hints that she is unlikely to match income tax cuts for the highest earners elsewhere in the UK, describing the mini-budget as "reckless".
**Pound sterling falls sharply in response to the government's planned tax cuts, losing 3% against the dollar and dropping below $1.09.
**COVID-19 in the UK: Office for National Statistics data for the week up to 14 September indicates the first rise in COVID-19 infections since mid-July, with one in 70 people having the virus and the largest increase among secondary school students.
*26 September
**Pound sterling falls again, briefly hitting an all-time low against the dollar of $1.03, before recovering slightly to $1.07.
**EasyJet announces a plan to reach net zero by 2050.
*27 September
**The Royal cypher of King Charles III featuring the Tudor Crown is unveiled. A separate version for Scotland, which features the Crown of Scotland is also unveiled.
**Sir Keir Starmer delivers his speech at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, presenting his vision for a "fairer, greener Britain". Alongside a boost in National Health Service (England), NHS funding, this plan would include a new publicly owned company, Great British Energy, and a target for 100% of the country's electricity being from zero carbon sources by 2030.
*28 September
**The International Monetary Fund makes an unprecedented criticism of UK fiscal policy, urging the government to re-evaluate the mini-budget.
**In a bid to prevent the collapse of the country's pension funds, whose investments are in government bonds that have become volatile since the announcement of the mini-budget, the Bank of England announces that it will purchase £65 billion of government bonds in order to restore their stability.
**More than 1,000 mortgage products are withdrawn from the market, the highest figure ever recorded by Moneyfacts Group, with many borrowers unable to secure loans or having provisional offers declined.
*30 September
**Human remains are discovered on Saddleworth Moor, which Greater Manchester Police believe could be the body of Moors murders, Moors murderers victim Keith Bennett, killed by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in 1964.
**The Royal Mint unveils the new coin design effigy of King Charles III. A new 50p and a commemorative £5 Crown are the first coins to feature the new portrait by Martin Jennings.

October

* 1 October
**More than 50,000 rail workers go on a 24-hour strike, the biggest of the year to date, with only 11% of train services running in the UK.
**Thousands of people around the UK attend a series of simultaneous protests against the 2021–2022 United Kingdom cost of living crisis, cost of living crisis, timed to coincide with the jump in gas and electricity unit prices.
* 3 October – Following a backlash, the government announces the cancellation of their plan to abolish the highest income tax band.
* 4 October – The first preliminary hearing of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, COVID-19 inquiry is held. Chair Baroness Hallett says those who have suffered will be at the inquiry's heart.
* 5 October
**Train drivers hold another day of strikes, with 9,000 members of ASLEF staging a 24-hour walkout.
**Liz Truss makes her first Conservative Party Conference (UK), Conservative Party Conference speech as Prime Minister, saying she is focused on "growth, growth, growth" and decrying what she calls an "anti-growth coalition". The event is interrupted by protesters from Greenpeace.
* 6 October – Four people are injured, with three taken to hospital, following a street robbery and stabbing near Liverpool Street station in the heart of London's financial district. Police establish a cordon at the junction of Bishopsgate and Camomile Street but say the attack is not terror-related.
* 7 October
**COVID-19 in the UK: Office for National Statistics data from tests conducted two weeks ago suggests around 1.3 million people (or one in 50) were infected with COVID-19, with a high prevalence in those aged over 70. The news prompts health experts to urge people to avoid contact with vulnerable friends, relatives and colleagues as a precaution.
**Trade minister Conor Burns is dismissed from the government, following allegations of inappropriate behaviour at the Conservative Party Conference.
* 8 October – Another strike is held by rail workers, with only 20% of services running.
* 10 October – The UK imposes sanctions on Iran's Guidance Patrol, morality police, along with five leading political and security officials, following the death of Mahsa Amini.
* 11 October – The Bank of England warns of a "material risk" to financial stability, as the government's borrowing costs rise sharply again.
* 12 October – The Crown Dependency of Guernsey will issue Guernsey Post stamps featuring the Royal cypher of King Charles III from November.
* 14 October
** Kwasi Kwarteng is dismissed as Chancellor of the Exchequer. He becomes the second shortest-serving Chancellor in UK political history, after Iain Macleod who died of a heart attack in 1970 in the United Kingdom, 1970. Jeremy Hunt succeeds him.
** In a Downing Street press conference, Liz Truss, Truss confirms a reversal of her plan to scrap an increase in corporation tax and admits "it is clear that parts of our September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget, mini-budget went further and faster than markets were expecting."
**Just Stop Oil protesters throw tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh's 1888 masterpiece, ''Sunflowers (Van Gogh series), Sunflowers'', in the National Gallery. The rotating sign outside Scotland Yard is also spray painted orange. More than 20 arrests are made.
**Royal Mail announces plans to axe 10,000 jobs, blaming ongoing strike action and rising financial losses.
**Battersea Power Station opens to the public for the first time in 40 years.
**COVID-19 in the UK: The latest COVID-19 data from the Office for National Statistics suggests 1.7 million people (roughly 2.7% of the population or one in 37) is infected with COVID-19, a rise from the previous week when the figure was one in 50.
*15 October – The delayed 2021 Rugby League World Cup begins.
*17 October – The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, delivers an emergency statement to the Commons, in which he announces that the government "will reverse almost all the tax measures" from the September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget, mini-budget. The reconfigured budget will raise £32bn, out of the £70bn needed to close the funding gap.
*19 October
**Truss takes her first Prime Minister's Questions after cancelling most of the mini-budget. She tells the Commons she is "completely committed" to raising pensions in line with inflation, per the "triple lock" guarantee.
**Suella Braverman resigns as Home Secretary after sending an official document from her personal email to a fellow MP, a serious breach of ministerial rules. She is succeeded by Grant Shapps.
**The government wins a vote on its fracking plans by 326 to 230, a majority of 96. The vote is characterised as 'chaotic', with Conservative MPs unsure whether the vote would be treated as a vote of confidence in the government, and MPs alleging that bullying and manhandling took place in the voting lobby. However, ministers deny these claims, with Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg saying to "characterise it as bullying was mistaken".
**Inflation in September rises slightly, back to its July level of 10.1%, up from 9.9% in August.
*20 October – Liz Truss announces her pending resignation as Prime Minister after just 45 days. Her tenure will be the List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by length of tenure, shortest of any Prime Minister in UK history. Her successor will be elected in a October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, Conservative leadership contest, to be completed in the next week.
*21 October
**The parliamentary watchdog finds that Labour MP Chris Matheson (politician), Christian Matheson should be suspended from the Commons for four weeks for "serious sexual misconduct". He subsequently resigns from his City of Chester (UK Parliament constituency), Chester seat.
**October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election: Penny Mordaunt becomes the first MP to announce their candidacy.
*23 October
**October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election:
*** Rishi Sunak announces his candidacy for the leadership election and is reported to have secured the required number of more than 100 nominations from MPs.
***Boris Johnson announces that he will not stand for re-election as PM and Conservative leader, despite being widely expected to do so, saying it would "not be the right thing to do. You can't govern effectively unless you have a united party in parliament."
*24 October
**October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election: Rishi Sunak becomes the new Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party, and the Prime minister–designate, after Penny Mordaunt, the only other contender, drops out of the leadership contest. Upon taking over from Liz Truss, he will be the UK's first British Asian Prime Minister, and at 42 the country's List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by age, youngest leader in over 200 years.
**The NHS launches 'Our Future Health', one of the world's largest health and genetic data gathering projects, aimed at creating a long-term repository of information for researchers. Five million UK adults are invited to participate.
*25 October
**Liz Truss makes her final speech outside 10 Downing Street, in which she defends her economic policies and insists that "brighter days lie ahead" for the UK.
** Rishi Sunak officially becomes Prime Minister as the King asks him to form a new government. In his first speech, Sunak pays tribute to his predecessors, but acknowledges that "some mistakes were made". He promises to "place economic stability and confidence at the heart of this government's agenda".
*26 October
**Sunak takes his first Prime Minister's Questions. Opposition MPs question his appointment of Suella Braverman as Home Secretary, given her resignation over a data breach the previous week. Sunak defends his choice, explaining that "the Home Secretary made an error of judgment but she recognised that she raised the matter and she accepted her mistake."
**Sunak reimposes a ban on Hydraulic fracturing in the United Kingdom, fracking in the UK, undoing the plan by Liz Truss, and in line with the Conservative Party's original 2019 United Kingdom general election#Party manifestos, election manifesto of 2019.
**More than a dozen protesters from Just Stop Oil are arrested after blocking Piccadilly in central London and spray painting luxury car showrooms in nearby Mayfair.
*28 October
**The first televised sentencing at a murder trial in England and Wales takes place at the Old Bailey. This follows the first televised manslaughter sentencing on 28 July. Jemma Mitchell case, Jemma Mitchell, 38, is given a minimum term of 34 years for killing and decapitating 67-year-old Mee Kuen Chong at her London home in June 2021.
**COVID-19 in the UK: Office for National Statistics data for the week ending 17 October indicates around two million COVID-19 infections in the UK, roughly one in 30 people with the virus. These figures are relatively similar to those for the previous week.
**The Royal Mint begins manufacturing coins featuring the new effigy of King Charles III.
*29 October – ''The Mail on Sunday'' alleges that Russian spies gained access to Liz Truss's phone during her time as foreign secretary, and that the details were suppressed by then-prime minister Boris Johnson and cabinet secretary Simon Case.
*30 October – A man kills himself after Dover firebomb attack, throwing incendiary devices at a Border Force processing centre in Dover, Kent, where asylum seekers are taken after being rescued in the English Channel.
*31 October – Just Stop Oil activists target buildings used by the Home Office, MI5, the Bank of England and News Corp, spraying orange paint on each and demanding an end to new oil and gas licences.

November

* 1 November – Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock is suspended from the Conservative Party after joining the cast of ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''. He will now sit as an independent MP.
* 3 November
** The Bank of England raises interest rates by 0.75 percentage points to 3%, the biggest hike since 1989, and forecasts a recession until 2024.
** After a year's delay, the Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup begins in England.
*4 November
**Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris indefinitely postpones plans for a snap Northern Ireland Assembly election.
**COVID-19 in the UK: The latest Office for National Statistics data indicates there were 1.9 million COVID-19 cases in the week up to 24 October, with around one in 35 people having the virus. Cases in England and Wales fell from the previous week, while there was a slight rise in Northern Ireland, with figures uncertain for Scotland.
*7 November
**Multiple junctions of the M25 motorway, M25 are closed as Just Stop Oil stage their latest protests.
**The world's first clinical trial of laboratory grown red blood cells transfused into people begins at the University of Bristol.
*8 November – Sir Gavin Williamson resigns as Minister of State without Portfolio after allegations of bullying were made against him.
*11 November
**ONS figures show that the UK economy shrank by 0.2% in the three months to September.
**COVID-19 in the UK: The latest Office for National Statistics data indicates a general fall in the number of cases of COVID-19 in the UK, with 1.5 million people testing positive for the virus in the week up to 1 November. This represents an 18% fall on the previous week, and appears to indicate the latest wave of cases is receding.
*14 November – The UK agrees a revised deal with France to try to reduce the number of migrants and asylum seekers crossing the English Channel in small boats. UK police officers will work with French authorities in control rooms and on beaches, with officer numbers patrolling the French coast increasing from 200 to 300; the UK will pay France £63m this year, up from £55m last year.
*16 November
**Inflation reaches 11.1% for October, up from 10.1% the previous month. Food price inflation is even higher, rising from 14.6% to 16.4%, its highest level since 1977 in the United Kingdom, 1977.
**The Civil Aviation Authority grants an operating licence to Spaceport Cornwall, enabling the first satellite launches from the UK.
*17 November – The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, delivers his November 2022 United Kingdom autumn statement, autumn statement to the House of Commons.
*18 November – COVID-19 in the UK: Data released by the Office for National Statistics for the week up to 8 November indicate 1.1 million people tested positive for COVID-19, a 27% fall from 1.5 million the previous week. In England the number of cases is shown as being under a million for the first time since September.
*19 November – Gareth Swarbrick, CEO of Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, is sacked with immediate effect, following the Death of Awaab Ishak, death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak in a Indoor mold, mould-ridden flat.
*21 November – England and Wales play their first matches at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the latter having qualified for the first time in 64 years.
*23 November
**The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Supreme Court rules that the Scottish Government cannot hold a Proposed second Scottish independence referendum, second Scottish independence referendum without the Government of the United Kingdom, UK government's consent.
**More than 100 people are arrested in the UK's biggest ever fraud operation, centred around the '2022 iSpoof fraud investigation, iSpoof' website, which targeted over 200,000 potential victims and pretended to be a bank.
*24 November
**Net migration into the UK hits an all-time high of 504,000 in the year to June, partly driven by the conflict in Ukraine, those fleeing persecution in Hong Kong, and the resettlement of Afghan refugees.
**A ten-fold increase in hospitalisation from influenza is reported, compared to the same period a year previously. NHS bosses urge the public to get the latest vaccines for both flu and COVID-19.
*25 November
**The Royal College of Nursing announces that nurses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland will stage their biggest strike in NHS history, in a dispute over pay, on 15 and 20 December.
**Sadiq Khan announces a plan to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone to cover the whole of Greater London from August 2023.
*26 November
**The latest in a long-running series of train strikes is held across the UK, with train drivers at 11 companies walking out in a dispute over pay.
**An independent review into the London Fire Brigade finds an "institutionally misogynist and racist" culture within the organisation.
*29 November
**The proportion of people in England and Wales describing themselves as Christian falls below half for the first time, according to data released from the ONS.
**600,000 of the approximately 1.3 million free range turkeys in the UK are reported to have died or been culled, due to bird flu.

December

* 1 December
**Ian Blackford announces he is stepping down as head of the Scottish National Party, SNP in Westminster. He will be succeeded by Stephen Flynn (Scottish politician), Stephen Flynn.
**2022 City of Chester by-election: Labour hold the City of Chester with a 61% vote share in the first by-election of Rishi Sunak's premiership. Samantha Dixon is elected with a 10,974 majority, Labour's best ever result in the seat.
*2 December
**COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 in the UK: Office for National Statistics (ONS) data for the week up to 21 November indicates COVID-19 infections in the UK have risen above one million again following a 6% increase from 972,400 the previous week. Infections have also risen in England for the first time since mid-October.
**The UK Health Security Agency reports a string of recent deaths among children who caught Group A streptococcal infection, with five children confirmed to have died in England and one in Wales. Three further deaths are reported on 5–6 December.
**Prince William announces the five winners of his Earthshot Prize environmental initiative.
*7 December – The government approves Woodhouse Colliery, the UK's first new Coal mining in the United Kingdom, coal mine in decades, despite concerns about the climate impact.
*9 December
**Royal Mail workers begin a wave of strikes in the run-up to Christmas, with more than 115,000 staff walking out in a dispute over pay and conditions.
**Santander UK, Santander are fined £107.8m by the Financial Conduct Authority over "serious and persistent gaps" in its anti-money laundering controls which enabled "financial crime".
**Jeremy Hunt announces the Edinburgh Reforms, the biggest overhaul of financial regulation since the Big Bang (financial markets), Big Bang of the 1980s, a package of more than 30 actions designed to "cut red tape" and "turbocharge growth". Critics warn that the measures risk a repeat of the 2007–2008_financial_crisis, 2008 financial crisis.
**The government announces a collaboration between the UK, Italy and Japan to develop the BAE Systems Tempest, Tempest, a new fighter jet using artificial intelligence. It will replace the Eurofighter Typhoon, Typhoon and enter service in 2035.
**COVID-19 in the UK: The latest Office for National Statistics data indicates 1.1 million tested positive for COVID-19 in the week up to 26 November, roughly 1.7% of the population. The data also shows the number of cases has increased slightly in England and Northern Ireland, but not in Scotland and Wales.
*10 December – Ten people are killed by a 2022 St Helier explosion, gas explosion in St Helier, Jersey.
*11 December
**Four boys aged 6, 8, 10 and 11, are taken to hospital in critical condition after being rescued when they fell through ice at Babbs Mill Lake in Birmingham, but are unable to be revived.
**The UK experiences its coldest night of the year so far, with heavy snowfall in many places, and temperatures as low as −15.6°C in Scotland.
*12 December – The UK's coldest day since December 2010 is provisionally recorded by the Met Office, with Braemar in Aberdeenshire remaining consistently below −9.3°C (15°F).
*13 December
**An even colder temperature low of −17.3°C is recorded overnight, once again in Braemar, Aberdeenshire. About 3,800 homes are left without power in Shetland, following heavy snow.
**The latest in a series of train strikes is held, after members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, RMT union reject a new pay offer. Additional strikes are planned for 14, 16, and 17 December.
**The Newborn Genomes Programme is announced by the government. It will conduct whole genome sequencing of 100,000 newborns, the largest study of its kind in the world, to aid research into the diagnosis and treatment of rare genetic conditions.
*14 December
**Four people die and more than 40 are rescued after a small boat carrying English Channel migrant crossings (2018–present), migrants begins sinking in ice-cold waters off the coast of Dungeness in the middle of the night.
**Following previous allegations of bullying by Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab, five further complaints are investigated, taking the total number to eight.
**At the Old Bailey, Jordan McSweeney is jailed for a minimum of 38 years for the Murder of Zara Aleena, murder and sexual assault of Zara Aleena in Ilford, East London.
*15 December
**Nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland hold the biggest strike in NHS history, as they demand a 19% pay increase. A second strike is planned for 20 December.
**2022 Stretford and Urmston by-election: Labour Party (UK), Labour hold the constituency with a 69.6% vote share, their best ever result in the seat, but turnout is just 25.8%. Andrew Western is the newly elected MP.
**The Bank of England raises its baseline List of sovereign states by central bank interest rates, interest rate from 3% to 3.5%, the highest level in 14 years.
*16 December – A rapid surge in flu is reported, with hospital admissions from the virus overtaking those of COVID-19.
*17 December – A woman dies and two others remain critically injured following a Crowd collapses and crushes, crowd crush at London's Brixton Academy two days previously.
*19 December
**Rwanda asylum plan: The High Court rules that the British government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda while their application is ongoing is lawful.
**The Independent Press Standards Organisation receives more than 20,000 complaints following an article by Jeremy Clarkson in ''The Sun (United Kingdom), The Sun''.
**A second person, a security worker, dies following the crowd crush at London's Brixton Academy on 15 December.
*20 December – The Bank of England unveils a new look to the Series G banknotes featuring King Charles III. No additional changes will be made to the existing designs of £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes, which will enter circulation from mid-2024.
*21 December – Ambulance workers go on strike across much of England and Wales.
*23 December
**Border Force staff, who are members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), go on strike for eight days until 31 December, except on 27 December.
**The first male European bison joins an all-female herd as part of the West Blean and Thornden Woods, Wilder Blean project in Kent, an effort to reintroduce the animals in Britain after 12,000 years.
*24 December – Wallasey pub shooting: Five people are shot at a pub in Merseyside, resulting in the death of a 26-year-old woman and four men injured, one critically. A man and a woman are arrested three days later in connection with the shooting.
*25 December – King Charles praises "wonderfully kind people" helping those in need and sympathises with struggling families in his Royal_Christmas_Message#Charles_III, first Christmas broadcast.
*29 December – COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 in the UK: Following China's recent decision to end its Chinese_government_response_to_COVID-19#Zero-COVID_policy, zero-COVID policy, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says the possibility of imposing restrictions on visitors from the country is 'under review'. The following day, it is confirmed that passengers arriving in England from China will have to provide a negative test before they board a flight.

Births

Deaths

January

* 1 January – Gary Burgess, broadcaster and journalist (b. 1975).
* 5 January – George Rossi, Scottish actor (''The Bill'', ''Roughnecks (TV series), Roughnecks'', ''The Singing Detective'') (b. 1961).
* 7 January
**Jack Dromey, Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington (since 2010) and Shadow Minister, husband of Harriet Harman (b. 1948).
**Bobby Harrison, rock drummer and singer (Procol Harum, Freedom (band), Freedom, Snafu (band), Snafu) (b. 1939).
**Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside, politician, Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP (1970–1997) and chair of the Anti-Apartheid Movement (1976–1995) (b. 1932).
**Jimmy Smith (footballer, born 1930), Jimmy Smith, English professional footballer (Chelsea, Leyton Orient F.C., Leyton Orient) (b. 1930).
* 8 January – Keith Todd, Welsh professional footballer (Swansea City F.C., Swansea Town) (b. 1941).
* 9 January
**Fiona Denison, Scottish academic, COVID-19 (b. 1970).
**Nicholas Donnelly (actor), Nicholas Donnelly, actor (''Grange Hill'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''Lifeforce (film), Lifeforce'') (b. 1938).
* 10 January
**Glyn Jones (footballer, born 1936), Glyn Jones, English professional footballer (Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United, Rotherham United F.C., Rotherham United, Mansfield Town F.C., Mansfield Town) (b. 1936).
**Colin Slater, English sports commentator (BBC Radio Nottingham) (b. 1934).
**Gary Waldhorn, English actor and comedian (''The Vicar of Dibley'', ''Brush Strokes'', ''All at No 20'') (b. 1943).
* 11 January – Jana Bennett, American-born British media consultant (BBC) (b. 1955).
* 12 January – Claire Tomlinson, polo player and polo pony breeder who coached the England national team she once captained (b. 1944).
* 14 January
**Lol Morgan, English professional footballer (Huddersfield Town F.C., Huddersfield Town, Rotherham United F.C., Rotherham United, Darlington F.C., Darlington) and manager (Darlington F.C., Darlington, Norwich City) (b. 1931).
**Sean Rice, Canadian pair skater (''Dancing on Ice'') (b. 1972).
**John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, businessman, chief executive of Sainsbury's (1969–1992) (b. 1927).
* 15 January – Paul Hinshelwood, English footballer (Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace, Oxford United F.C., Oxford United, Millwall F.C., Millwall, Colchester United F.C., Colchester United) (b. 1956).
* 16 January – Paul Myners, Baron Myners, politician, member of the House of Lords (since 2008) (b. 1948).
* 17 January – Jackie Fisher (footballer, born 1925), Jackie Fisher, English footballer (Millwall F.C., Millwall, AFC Bournemouth, Bournemouth) (b. 1925).
* 18 January
**Sir David Cox (statistician), David Cox, statistician (Cox process, ''Point Processes'') (b. 1924).
**Jamie Vincent, English footballer (AFC Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Portsmouth F.C., Portsmouth, Swindon Town F.C., Swindon Town), heart attack (b. 1975).
* 19 January – Nigel Rogers, operatic tenor (b. 1935).
* 20 January – David Bramwell (botanist), David Bramwell, botanist (b. 1942).
* 21 January – Howard Radford, Welsh professional footballer (Bristol Rovers F.C., Bristol Rovers)
* 24 January – Ronnie Fearn, Baron Fearn, politician, Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP (1987–1992, 1997–2001), member of the House of Lords (2001–2018) (b. 1931).
* 25 January
**Barry Cryer, English comedian (''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'') and screenwriter (''Doctor in the House (TV series), Doctor in the House'') (b. 1935).
**Wim Jansen, Dutch professional football player and manager (Celtic F.C., Celtic) (b. 1946).
**Sir Crispin Tickell, environmentalist and diplomat, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, permanent representative to the United Nations (1987–1990), pneumonia (b. 1930).
* 28 January – Sir Erik Bennett (Royal Air Force officer), Erik Bennett, Royal Air Force, RAF air vice marshal (b. 1928).
* 29 January
**Leonard Fenton, English actor (''EastEnders'') (b. 1926).
**Jo Kendall, British actress (''Emmerdale'') and writer (b. 1940).
* 30 January
**Geoffrey Ashe, cultural historian and lecturer (b. 1923).
**Norma Waterson, English singer and songwriter (The Watersons) (b. 1939).

February

* 3 February
**Alex Ingram, Scottish professional footballer (Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest), complications from dementia (b. 1945).
**Sir Duncan Rice, Scottish academic (b. 1942).
* 4 February
**Davie Cattanach, Scottish footballer (Stirling Albion F.C., Stirling Albion, Celtic F.C., Celtic, Falkirk F.C., Falkirk) (b. 1946).
**Neil Faulkner (archaeologist), Neil Faulkner, archaeologist, historian and writer, blood cancer (b. 1958).
**Steve Finney, English professional footballer (Preston North End F.C., Preston North End, Swindon Town F.C., Swindon Town, Carlisle United F.C., Carlisle United, Leyton Orient F.C., Leyton Orient, Chester City F.C., Chester City) (b. 1973).
* 5 February – Ian Kennedy (comics), Ian Kennedy, Scottish comic artist (''Dan Dare'', ''Ro-Busters'', ''Judge Dredd'') (b. 1932).
* 7 February – Sir Christopher Slade, judge, Court of Appeal judge (England and Wales), Lord Justice of Appeal (1982–1991) (b. 1927).
* 8 February
**Bamber Gascoigne, television presenter (''University Challenge'') and author (''The Great Moghuls'') (b. 1935).
**Valentina Polukhina, Russian-born literary scholar (b. 1936).
* 9 February
**Henry Danton, classical dancer (b. 1919).
**Joseph Horovitz, Austrian-born composer (''Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo'') and conductor (b. 1926).
**Ian McDonald (musician), Ian McDonald, English multi-instrumental musician (King Crimson, Foreigner (band), Foreigner), colon cancer (b. 1946).
**Peter Neilson (politician born 1954), Peter Neilson, English-born New Zealand politician, Minister of Works (New Zealand), minister of works and development (1990) and Member of the New Zealand House of Representatives, MP (1981–1990) (b. 1954).
* 10 February – Mick Newman, English amateur footballer (West Ham United) (b. 1932).
* 13 February
**Aled Roberts, Welsh politician, Member of the Senedd, AM (2011–2016) (b. 1962).
**Beryl Vertue, English television producer (''Men Behaving Badly'', ''Sherlock (TV series), Sherlock''), media executive and agent (b. 1931).
* 14 February
**Geoff Barker, English footballer (Hull City F.C., Hull City, Darlington F.C., Darlington, Reading F.C., Reading, Grimsby Town F.C., Grimsby Town) (b. 1949).
**Johnny Whiteley, English rugby league player (Hull F.C., Great Britain national rugby league team, Great Britain) (b. 1930).
* 15 February – David Chidgey, Baron Chidgey, politician, Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP (1994–2005) and member of the House of Lords (since 2005) (b. 1942).
* 16 February
**John Bowler (businessman), John Bowler, English football executive, chairman of Crewe Alexandra F.C., Crewe Alexandra (1987–2021) (b. 1937).
**Jack Smethurst, actor (''Love Thy Neighbour (1972 TV series), Love Thy Neighbour'', ''Man About the House (film), Man About the House'', ''King Ralph'') and comedian (b. 1932).
* 17 February
**Steve Burtenshaw, English footballer (Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion) and manager (Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday, Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers) (b. 1935).
**Billy McEwan (footballer, born 1951), Billy McEwan, Scottish footballer (Rotherham United F.C., Rotherham United, Chesterfield F.C., Chesterfield) and manager (Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United) (b. 1951).
* 19 February
**Doug Baillie, Scottish footballer (Falkirk F.C., Falkirk, Airdrieonians F.C. (1878), Airdrieonians, Rangers F.C., Rangers) (b. 1937).
**Joey Beauchamp, English footballer (Oxford United F.C., Oxford United, Swindon Town F.C., Swindon Town, West Ham United) (b. 1971).
**Gary Brooker, English musician (Procol Harum), cancer (b. 1945).
**Jan Pieńkowski, Polish-born author and illustrator of children's books (''Meg and Mog'') (b. 1936).
**Sir Richard Shepherd, politician, Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP (1979–2015) (b. 1942).
**Christopher Stalford, Northern Irish politician, Northern Ireland Assembly, MLA (since 2016) (b. 1983).
* 20 February – Jamal Edwards, entrepreneur, author and DJ, founder of SB.TV (b. 1990).
* 22 February
**David Banks (journalist), David Banks, newspaper editor and broadcaster, editor of the ''Daily Mirror'' (1992–1994) (b. 1948).
**Anna Karen, English actress (''EastEnders'', ''On the Buses'', ''Carry On (franchise), Carry On''), house fire (b. 1936).
**Josephine Veasey, mezzo-soprano (b. 1930).
* 24 February
**Henry Lincoln, scriptwriter (''Doctor Who''), author (''The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail'') and actor (''The Avengers (TV series), The Avengers'') (b. 1930).
**Cliff Stanford, entrepreneur, co-founder of Demon Internet, pancreatic cancer (b. 1954).
**Sir Tony Wrigley, historian and demographer (b. 1931).
**Catherine Wybourne, Benedictine nun, commentator, and blogger, cancer (b. 1954).
* 25 February – Shirley Hughes, English writer and illustrator (''Dogger (book), Dogger'') (b. 1927).
* 27 February
**Alan Anderson (footballer), Alan Anderson, Scottish footballer (Heart of Midlothian F.C., Heart of Midlothian, Millwall F.C., Millwall, Scotland national football team, national team) (b. 1939).
**Veronica Carlson, actress (''Dracula Has Risen from the Grave'', ''The Horror of Frankenstein'', ''Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed'') and model (b. 1944).
**MC Skibadee, electronic music artist and MC (b. 1975).
* 28 February
**Sir William Lithgow, 2nd Baronet, Scottish industrialist (b. 1934).
**Sir Christopher Mallaby, diplomat, List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Germany, Ambassador to Germany (1988–1993) and List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to France, Ambassador to France (1993–1996) (b. 1936).

March

* 1 March
**Clement Crisp, dance critic (''Financial Times'') (b. 1926).
**Bob Wellings, television presenter and journalist (''Nationwide (TV programme), Nationwide'') (b. 1934).
* 2 March
**Roger Graef, American-born documentary filmmaker, cancer (b. 1936).
**John Stahl, Scottish actor (''Game of Thrones'', ''Victoria & Abdul'', ''Take the High Road'') (b. 1953).
**Tony Walton, set and costume designer (''Pippin (musical), Pippin'', ''All That Jazz (film), All That Jazz'', ''Mary Poppins (film), Mary Poppins''), Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Oscar and Tony Award for Best Scenic Design, Tony winner, complications from a stroke (b. 1934).
* 3 March
**Frank Connor, Scottish footballer (St Mirren F.C., St Mirren, Albion Rovers F.C., Albion Rovers) and manager (Raith Rovers F.C., Raith Rovers) (b. 1936).
**Sir Charles Gray (judge), Charles Gray, English barrister and judge (b. 1942).
* 4 March
**Ruth Bidgood, Welsh poet (b. 1922).
**Iwan Edwards, Welsh-born choral conductor (b. 1937).
**Dai Jones, Welsh television presenter (''Cefn Gwlad'') (b. 1943).
**Colin Lewis, Olympic racing cyclist (Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, 1964), cancer (b. 1942).
**James Remnant, 3rd Baron Remnant, hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords (1967–1999) (b. 1930).
* 5 March – Lynda Baron, actress (''Open All Hours'', ''Come Outside'', ''EastEnders'', ''Still Open All Hours'') (b. 1939).
* 6 March
**Robbie Brightwell, sprinter, Olympic silver medalist (Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, 1964) (b. 1939).
**Kenneth Ives, actor (''Doctor Who'') and director (''Poldark (1975 TV series), Poldark'', ''Secret Army (TV series), Secret Army'') (b. 1934).
**John Parlett, Olympic runner (Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres, 1948) (b. 1925).
* 7 March
**Paul Anderson (sailor), Paul Anderson, sailor, Olympic bronze medalist (Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre, 1968) (b. 1935).
**Jeremy Child, Sir Jeremy Child, 3rd Baronet, actor (''Privilege (film), Privilege'', ''The Stud (film), The Stud'', ''Darkest Hour (film), Darkest Hour'') (b. 1944).
**Geoffrey Thorndike Martin, Egyptologist (b. 1934).
* 8 March
**Gordon Lee (footballer), Gordon Lee, English footballer (Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa) and manager (Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United, Everton F.C., Everton) (b. 1934).
**Ron Pember, English actor (''Secret Army (TV series), Secret Army'', ''Oh! What a Lovely War'', ''Murder by Decree''), stage director, and dramatist (b. 1934).
* 9 March – Joe D'Orazio, professional wrestler (b. 1922).
* 10 March – Sir John Elliott (historian), John Elliott, historian and Hispanist, pneumonia (b. 1930).
* 11 March – Sir William Fittall, civil servant, secretary general of the Archbishops' Council (2002–2015) (b. 1953).
* 13 March
**Vic Elford, English racing driver, cancer (b. 1935).
**Mary Lee (singer), Mary Lee, Scottish singer (b. 1921).
* 15 March
**Tom Barnett (footballer), Tom Barnett, English footballer (Romford F.C., Romford, Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace, St Albans City F.C., St Albans City) (b. 1936).
**David Stephenson (rugby league, born 1958), David Stephenson, rugby league player (Salford Red Devils, Wigan Warriors, Leeds Rhinos) (b. 1958).
* 16 March – Tony Marchi, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur, L.R. Vicenza, Vicenza) and manager (Northampton Town F.C., Northampton Town) (b. 1933).
* 17 March – Peter Bowles, English actor (''Rumpole of the Bailey'', ''The Irish R.M.'', ''Executive Stress'', ''To the Manor Born'', ''The Bounder'') (b. 1936).
* 18 March – Andy Lochhead, Scottish footballer (Burnley F.C., Burnley, Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa, Leicester City F.C., Leicester City) (b. 1941).
* 19 March – Dave Sims (rugby union), Dave Sims, English rugby union player (Gloucester RFC, Gloucester, Exeter Chiefs, England national rugby union team, national team) (b. 1969).
* 20 March – Ralph Riach, Scottish actor (''Hamish Macbeth (TV series), Hamish Macbeth'', ''Lost Empires'', ''Braveheart'') (b. 1936).
* 22 March
**Elspeth Howe, Elspeth Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote, peer, member of the House of Lords (2001–2020) and wife of Geoffrey Howe, cancer (b. 1932).
**Barrington Patterson, English kickboxer and mixed martial artist, heart attack (b. 1965).
* 23 March
**Terry Darracott, English footballer (Everton F.C., Everton, Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–1984), Tulsa Roughnecks, Wrexham A.F.C., Wrexham) (b. 1950).
**Jimmy Lindley, jockey (b. 1935).
* 24 March
**Denise Coffey, actress (''Waltz of the Toreadors (film), Waltz of the Toreadors'', ''Georgy Girl'', ''Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (film), Sir Henry at Rawlinson End''), comedian and writer (b. 1936).
**John McLeod (composer), John McLeod, Scottish composer (b. 1934).
* 25 March
**Sir John Chapple (British Army officer), John Chapple, military officer, Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces (1987–1988), Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom), Chief of the General Staff (1988–1992) and Governor of Gibraltar (1993–1995) (b. 1931).
**Philip Jeck, English composer (b. 1952).
* 26 March
**Garry Leach, comic book artist (''Judge Dredd'', ''Tharg's Future Shocks'', ''Dan Dare'') (b. 1954).
**Tina May, jazz singer, cancer (b. 1961).
* 29 March – Alan Wooler, English footballer (Aldershot F.C., Aldershot, FinnPa, Boston Minutemen) and manager (b. 1953).
* 30 March – Tom Parker (singer), Tom Parker, English singer (The Wanted), brain tumour (b. 1988).

April

* 3 April
**June Brown, English actress (''EastEnders'', ''The Duchess of Duke Street'', ''Bean (film), Bean'') and author (b. 1927).
**Gerald Coates, English evangelist (b. 1944).
**Pamela Rooke, model and actress, bile duct cancer (b. 1953).
**Desmond Seward, historian (b. 1935).
* 4 April – John McNally (boxer), John McNally, Northern Ireland-born Irish boxer, Olympic silver medallist (Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Bantamweight, 1952) (b. 1932).
* 5 April – Edward Rayner, English footballer (Northwich Victoria F.C., Northwich Victoria, Stoke City F.C., Stoke City, Macclesfield Town F.C., Macclesfield Town) (b. 1932).
* 6 April
**Jill Knight, politician, Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP (1966–1997), List of members of the House of Lords, member of the House of Lords (1997–2016) (b. 1923).
**David McKee, writer and illustrator (''Elmer the Patchwork Elephant'', ''Not Now, Bernard'') (b. 1935).
**Tom Smith (rugby union, born 1971), Tom Smith, Scottish rugby union player (Northampton Saints, Scotland national rugby union team, national team, British & Irish Lions), colorectal cancer (b. 1971).
* 7 April
**Christopher Ball, composer (b. 1936).
**Mary Green (athlete), Mary Green, Olympic athlete (Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres, 1968) (b. 1943).
*8 April – Brian Winston, journalist (b. 1941).
* 9 April
**Jack Higgins, author (''The Eagle Has Landed (novel), The Eagle Has Landed'', ''Thunder Point'', ''Angel of Death (novel), Angel of Death'') (b. 1929).
**Jeremy Young, actor (''Doctor Who'', ''Coronation Street'', ''Crooks and Coronets'') (b. 1934).
* 14 April – Con Sullivan (footballer), Con Sullivan, English footballer (Bristol City F.C., Bristol City, Arsenal F.C., Arsenal) (b. 1928).
* 15 April – Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, politician, Member of the European Parliament, member (1979–1999) and President of the European Parliament, president (1987–1989) of the European Parliament, List of members of the House of Lords, member of the House of Lords (1987–2017) (b. 1925).
* 16 April – Sir Ray Tindle, entrepreneur and founder of Tindle (b. 1926).
* 17 April – Jimmy Harris (footballer, born 1933), Jimmy Harris, English footballer (Everton F.C., Everton, Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City, Oldham Athletic F.C., Oldham Athletic) (b. 1933).
* 18 April
**Sir Harrison Birtwistle, composer (''The Triumph of Time (Birtwistle), The Triumph of Time'', ''The Mask of Orpheus'', ''Gawain (opera), Gawain'', ''The Minotaur (opera), The Minotaur'') (b. 1934).
**Wilfred Cass, German-born entrepreneur and arts philanthropist (b. 1924).
**Graham Fyfe (footballer, born 1951), Graham Fyfe, Scottish footballer (Rangers F.C., Rangers, Hibernian F.C., Hibernian, Dumbarton F.C., Dumbarton) (b. 1951).
**Barbara Hall (editor), Barbara Hall, crossword compiler and advice columnist (b. 1922).
* 19 April
**Mike Gregory (darts player), Mike Gregory, English darts player (b. 1956).
**John McKay (mathematician), John McKay, mathematician (McKay conjecture, McKay graph) (b. 1939).
**Henry Scott-Stokes, journalist (''Financial Times'', ''The Times'', ''The New York Times'') (b. 1938).
**Norman Surplus, Northern Irish adventurer, first person to circumnavigate the world in an autogyro (b. 1963).
* 21 April
**Eric Chappell, English screenwriter (''The Squirrels (TV series), The Squirrels'', ''Rising Damp'', ''Home to Roost'') (b. 1933).
**Sir Geoffrey Howlett, Army general, commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces Northern Europe (1986–1989) (b. 1930).
* 24 April
**Yvonne Blenkinsop, English fishing safety campaigner (b. 1938).
**Ronald R. Van Stockum, English-born American military officer (b. 1916).
* 26 April – Ann Davies (actress), Ann Davies, English actress (''Doctor Who'', ''EastEnders'', ''Peter's Friends'') (b. 1934).
* 28 April – Tanya Brady, English rower, equestrian accident, (b. 1973).
* 29 April – Tarsame Singh Saini, singer (b. 1967).
* 30 April – Neil Campbell (footballer), Neil Campbell, English footballer (Doncaster Rovers F.C., Doncaster Rovers, Scarborough F.C., Scarborough, Barrow A.F.C., Barrow) (b. 1977).

May

* 1 May – Ric Parnell, English drummer (Atomic Rooster, Spinal Tap (band), Spinal Tap) and actor (''This Is Spinal Tap'') (b. 1951).
* 3 May – Tony Brooks (racing driver), Tony Brooks, racing driver (Formula One) (b. 1932).
* 5 May
**Sir James Anderton, police officer, chief constable of Greater Manchester Police (1976–1991) (b. 1932).
**Amanda Claridge, archaeologist, cancer (b. 1949).
* 7 May
**Sir Paul Mellars, archaeologist (b. 1939).
**Robin Parkinson, English actor ('''Allo 'Allo!, Button Moon, Twisted Nerve'') (b. 1929).
* 8 May
**Syd Farrimond, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers, Tranmere Rovers F.C., Tranmere Rovers, Halifax Town A.F.C., Halifax Town), complications from dementia (b. 1940).
**Robert Gillmor, wildlife artist and illustrator (b. 1936).
**Dennis Waterman, English actor (''Minder (TV series), Minder'', ''The Sweeney'', ''New Tricks'') and singer (b. 1948).
* 10 May – James A. Beckford, sociologist (b. 1942).
* 11 May – William Bennett (flautist), William Bennett, flautist (b. 1936).
* 13 May
**Ricky Gardiner, Scottish guitarist and composer (b. 1948).
**Sir Angus Grossart, Scottish merchant banker and newspaper executive (''Daily Record (Scotland), Daily Record'', ''Sunday Mail (Scotland), Sunday Mail'') (b. 1937).
**Simon Preston, English organist, conductor, and composer (b. 1938).
* 15 May
**Sir Shane Blewitt, courtier and military officer (b. 1935).
**Kay Mellor, English actress, scriptwriter and director (''Children's Ward'', ''Families (TV series), Families'', ''Fat Friends'') (b. 1951).
* 17 May
**Maurice Lindsay (rugby league), Maurice Lindsay, sports administrator (Preston North End F.C., Preston North End, Wigan Warriors) (b. 1941).
**Rick Price (bassist), Rick Price, English bassist (The Move, Wizzard) (b. 1944).
* 18 May
**Brian Bedford (footballer), Brian Bedford, Welsh professional footballer (Reading F.C., Reading, Southampton F.C., Southampton, AFC Bournemouth, Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers, Scunthorpe United F.C., Scunthorpe United, Brentford F.C., Brentford) (b. 1933).
**Cathal Coughlan (musician), Cathal Coughlan, Irish singer and musician (Microdisney, The Fatima Mansions) (b. 1960).
**Anne Howells, operatic mezzo-soprano (b. 1941).
* 19 May
**Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury, Bangladeshi-born journalist and songwriter ("Ekusher Gaan") (b. 1934).
**Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples, member of the House of Lords (1973–2017) and wife of Sir Richard Sharples (b. 1923).
* 20 May – Sir Colin Campbell (lawyer), Colin Campbell, lawyer, vice-chancellor of the University of Nottingham (1988–2008) (b. 1944).
* 22 May
**Les Dyl, English rugby league player (Leeds Rhinos, Bramley R.L.F.C., Bramley, England national rugby league team, national team) (b. 1952).
**Colin Forbes (graphic designer), Colin Forbes, graphic designer (b. 1928).
**Hazel Henderson, British-American futurist and economist (b. 1933).
* 24 May – Derek Stokes, English footballer (Huddersfield Town A.F.C., Huddersfield Town, Bradford City A.F.C., Bradford City, Dundalk F.C., Dundalk) (b. 1939).
* 26 May
**Sir Arnold Burgen, physician, pharmacologist and academic (b. 1922).
**John Dodson, 3rd Baron Monk Bretton, peer, member of the House of Lords (1948–1999) (b. 1924).
**Andy Fletcher (musician), Andy Fletcher, keyboard player and DJ (Depeche Mode) (b. 1961).
**Neil O'Donnell (Scottish footballer), Neil O'Donnell, Scottish professional footballer (Norwich City F.C., Norwich City, Gillingham F.C., Gillingham, Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday) (b. 1949).
**Alan White (Yes drummer), Alan White, drummer (Yes (band), Yes, Plastic Ono Band) (b. 1949).
**Jimmy Whitehouse (footballer, born 1934), Jimmy Whitehouse, English professional footballer (Reading F.C., Reading, Coventry City F.C., Coventry City, Millwall F.C., Millwall) (b. 1934).
* 28 May
**Patricia Brake, English actress (''Porridge (1974 TV series), Porridge'', ''Going Straight'', ''Manhunt (2019 TV series), Manhunt''), cancer (b. 1942).
**Bob Hall (British journalist), Bob Hall, British sports journalist (ITV News Central, Central News, Soccer Saturday, Black Country Radio) (b. 1945).
*29 May – Lester Piggott, English jockey, nine-time Epsom Derby winner (b. 1935).
* 30 May – Craig Farrell (footballer), Craig Farrell, English footballer (Carlisle United F.C., Carlisle United, York City F.C., York City, Whitby Town F.C., Whitby Town) (b. 1982).
* 31 May – Jim Parks (cricketer, born 1931), Jim Parks, English cricketer (Sussex County Cricket Club, Sussex, Somerset County Cricket Club, Somerset, England cricket team, national team), complications from a fall (b. 1931).

June

* 3 June
**Frank Clarke (footballer), Frank Clarke, English footballer (Shrewsbury Town F.C., Shrewsbury Town, Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers, Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town, Carlisle United F.C., Carlisle United) (b. 1942).
**Geoff Hunter (footballer), Geoff Hunter, English footballer (Crewe Alexandra F.C., Crewe Alexandra, Port Vale F.C., Port Vale, Wrexham F.C., Wrexham) (b. 1959).
* 4 June
**Peter Neale, English footballer (Oldham Athletic F.C., Oldham Athletic, Scunthorpe United F.C., Scunthorpe United, Chesterfield F.C.) (b. 1934).
**Sir David Nicholas (journalist), David Nicholas, broadcast journalist, ITN editor and chief executive (1977–1989) (b. 1930).
* 5 June
**John Bates (designer), John Bates, fashion designer, cancer (b. 1935).
**Shaun Greatbatch, English darts player (b. 1969).
**Richard Edwin Hills, astronomer (b. 1945).
**Dom Phillips, journalist, Murder of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, murdered (b. 1964).
**Roger Swinfen Eady, 3rd Baron Swinfen, politician and philanthropist, member of the House of Lords (since 1977) (b. 1938).
* 6 June – David Hughes (astronomer), David Hughes, astronomer (b. 1941).
* 8 June
**Revel Guest, filmmaker, journalist and author (b. 1931).
**Bruce Kent, priest and activist (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) (b. 1929).
**David Lloyd-Jones (conductor), David Lloyd-Jones, orchestral conductor (b. 1934).
**Dame Paula Rego, Portuguese-British visual artist (b. 1935).
* 9 June
**Billy Bingham, Northern Irish footballer (Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland, Northern Ireland national football team, national team) and manager (Plymouth Argyle F.C., Plymouth Argyle) (b. 1931).
**Ron Farmer (footballer), Ron Farmer, professional footballer (Coventry City F.C., Coventry City, Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest, Notts County F.C., Notts County) (b. 1936).
* 10 June
**Zoltán Dörnyei, Hungarian-born linguist (b. 1960).
**Bobby Hope, Scottish footballer (West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion, Scotland national football team, national team) and manager (Bromsgrove Rovers F.C., Bromsgrove Rovers) (b. 1943).
* 11 June
**Hilary Devey, English businesswoman and television personality (''Dragons' Den (British TV programme), Dragons' Den'') (b. 1957).
**Peter Scupham, poet (b. 1933).
**Donald Singer, clinical pharmacologist, president of the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine (b. 1954).
* 12 June
**Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby union player (Barbarian F.C., Barbarians, Llanelli RFC, Llanelli, Wales national rugby union team, national team) (b. 1948).
**Alex Russell (footballer, born 1944), Alex Russell, footballer (Southport F.C., Southport, Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers, Tranmere Rovers F.C., Tranmere Rovers) (b. 1944).
**Terry Sanderson (writer), Terry Sanderson, secularist and gay rights activist, bladder cancer (b. 1946).
* 13 June – Maureen Hiron, games designer (''Continuo (game), Continuo)'' and bridge player (b. 1942).
* 14 June
**Bill Ashurst, English rugby league footballer (Wigan Warriors, Wigan, Penrith Panthers, Great Britain national rugby league team, Great Britain national team) and coach (b. 1948).
**Davie Wilson, Scottish footballer (Rangers F.C., Rangers, Dundee United F.C., Dundee United, Scotland national football team, national team) and manager (b. 1937).
* 16 June – Gordon Peters, actor (''Dad's Army'', ''Are You Being Served?'', ''One Foot in the Grave'') (b. 1926).
* 19 June – Colin Grainger, English footballer (Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United, Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland, England national football team, national team) (b. 1933).
* 20 June – Bruce Crawford (footballer), Bruce Crawford, English footballer (Blackpool F.C., Blackpool, Tranmere Rovers F.C., Tranmere Rovers) (b. 1938).
* 22 June – Graham Tutt, English footballer (Charlton Athletic) (b. 1956).
* 23 June – Sally Greengross, Baroness Greengross, politician, member of the List of members of the House of Lords, House of Lords (since 2000) and wife of Alan Greengross (b. 1935).
* 24 June – Harry Gration, English journalist and broadcaster (''BBC Look North (Yorkshire and North Midlands), Look North'') (b. 1950).
* 25 June – John Manningham-Buller, 2nd Viscount Dilhorne, peer and barrister (b. 1932).
* 26 June – Frank Williams (actor), Frank Williams, English actor (''Dad's Army'', ''You Rang, M'Lord?'', ''Hi-de-Hi!'') (b. 1931).
* 27 June
**Sir Colin Blakemore, neurobiologist (b. 1944).
**Jasmine Burkitt, English television personality (''Small Teen, Bigger World'') (b. 1993).
* 28 June – Dame Deborah James (journalist), Deborah James, English journalist (''You, Me and the Big C''), bowel cancer (b. 1981).

July

* 1 July
**Drew Busby, Scottish footballer (Airdrieonians F.C. (1878), Airdrieonians, Heart of Midlothian F.C., Hearts, Toronto Blizzard (1971–1984), Toronto Blizzard) (b. 1947).
**Gary Pearson (footballer), Gary Pearson, English footballer (York City F.C., York City, Darlington F.C., Darlington) and manager (Crook Town A.F.C., Crook Town) (b. 1976).
* 2 July
**Peter Brook, theatre and film director (''Lord of the Flies (1963 film), Lord of the Flies'', ''Ride of the Valkyrie (1967 film), Ride of the Valkyrie'', ''Marat/Sade (film), Marat/Sade''), Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, Tony winner (20th Tony Awards, 1966, 25th Tony Awards, 1971) (b. 1921).
**Alain de Cadenet, English racing driver and television presenter (''Legends of Motorsport'', ''Victory by Design''), bile duct cancer (b. 1945).
**Andy Goram, Scottish footballer (Oldham Athletic A.F.C., Oldham Athletic, Rangers F.C., Rangers, Scotland national football team, national team), oesophageal cancer (b. 1964).
**Brian Jackson (actor), Brian Jackson, actor (''Carry On Sergeant'', ''Some Like It Cool'', ''Revenge of the Pink Panther''), cancer (b. 1931).
**Anne Neville (engineer), Anne Neville, engineer (b. 1970).
**Susie Steiner, novelist and journalist (''The Guardian''), brain cancer (b. 1971).
* 3 July
**Len Casey (footballer), Len Casey, English footballer (Plymouth Argyle F.C., Plymouth Argyle, Chelsea) (b. 1931).
**Dave Shearer, Scottish footballer (Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough, Gillingham F.C., Gillingham) (b. 1958).
* 4 July
**Alan Blaikley, English songwriter ("Have I the Right?", "The Legend of Xanadu", "I've Lost You") and composer (b. 1940).
**Mona Hammond, Jamaican-born actress (''EastEnders'', ''Desmonds'', ''Us Girls'') (b. 1931).
**Clive Middlemass, English footballer (Leeds United F.C., Leeds United, Workington A.F.C., Workington) and manager (Carlisle United F.C., Carlisle United) (b. 1944).
* 5 July – Manny Charlton, Scottish rock guitarist (Nazareth (band), Nazareth) (b. 1941).
* 8 July
**Harry Mowbray, Scottish footballer (Blackpool F.C., Blackpool, Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers, Cowdenbeath F.C., Cowdenbeath) (b. 1947).
**Phil Walker (footballer, born 1954), Phil Walker, English footballer (Boavista F.C., Boavista, Millwall F.C., Millwall, Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic) (b. 1954).
* 9 July
**John Gwynne (commentator), John Gwynne, darts commentator (Sky Sports#Darts, Sky Sports), cancer (b. 1945).
**Davie Robb, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen, Scotland national football team, national team) (b. 1947).
**Adam Strachan, Scottish footballer (Partick Thistle F.C., Partick Thistle, Ross County F.C., Ross County, Clyde F.C., Clyde) (b. 1987).
**Barbara Thompson (musician), Barbara Thompson, English jazz saxophonist (Colosseum (band), Colosseum, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Keef Hartley Band), complications from Parkinson's disease (b. 1944).
* 10 July
**Ken Armstrong (footballer, born 1959), Ken Armstrong, English footballer (Kilmarnock F.C., Kilmarnock, Southampton F.C., Southampton, Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City) (b. 1959).
**Andrew Ball (pianist), Andrew Ball, pianist (b. 1950).
**Correlli Barnett, English military historian (b. 1927).
**Michael Barratt (television presenter), Michael Barratt, English television presenter (''Nationwide (TV programme), Nationwide'') (b. 1928).
* 11 July – Monty Norman, English composer ("James Bond Theme") (b. 1928).
* 12 July
**Michael Cowan, English cricketer (Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Yorkshire) (b. 1933).
**Joan Lingard, Scottish author (The Kevin and Sadie series) (b. 1932).
**Bramwell Tovey, conductor (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra) and composer (''Eighteen (film), Eighteen''), sarcoma (b. 1953).
* 13 July – Chris Stuart, journalist (''Western Mail (Wales), Western Mail''), producer (''Only Connect''), and songwriter (b. 1949).
* 15 July – Paul Ryder, English bassist (Happy Mondays) (b. 1964).
* 16 July – Ricky Bibey, English rugby league player (Wigan Warriors, Leigh Centurions, Wakefield Trinity) (b. 1981).
* 17 July – Enam Ali, Bangladeshi-born businessman, founder of The British Curry Awards and ''Spice Business Magazine'', cancer (b. 1960).
* 19 July – Richard Seal, English organist and conductor (b. 1935).
* 20 July
**Sir Kenneth Eaton, admiral, Controller of the Navy (Royal Navy), Controller of the Navy (1989–1994) (b. 1934).
**Alan Grant (writer), Alan Grant, Scottish comic book writer (''Judge Dredd'', ''Lobo (DC Comics), Lobo'', ''Batman'') (b. 1949).
**Peter Inge, Baron Inge, military officer, Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom), Chief of the General Staff (1992–1994), Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom), Chief of the Defence Staff (1994–1997) and Constable of the Tower (1996–2001) (b. 1935).
**Phil Jackson (rugby league, born 1932), Phil Jackson, English rugby league player (Barrow Raiders, Great Britain national rugby league team, Great Britain, England national rugby league team, national team) (b. 1932).
* 21 July – Paddy Hopkirk, Northern Irish rally driver (b. 1933).
* 22 July – David Moores, football executive, chairman of Liverpool (1991–2007) (b. 1946).
* 24 July
**Diana Kennedy, food writer (''The Cuisines of Mexico'') (b. 1923).
**Sam McCrory (loyalist), Sam McCrory, Northern Irish loyalist (Ulster Defence Association) and convicted paramilitary, fall (b. 1965).
**David Warner (actor), David Warner, English actor (''Straw Dogs (1971 film), Straw Dogs'', ''Time Bandits'', ''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'') (b. 1941).
**Sir William Wright (Northern Ireland politician), William Wright, Northern Irish bus manufacturer (Wrightbus) and politician, member of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, constitutional convention (1975–1976) (b. 1927).
* 25 July
**John Duggan (rugby), John Duggan, English rugby union (Wakefield RFC, Wakefield) and league (Wakefield Trinity) player (b. 1929).
**Martin How, English composer and organist (b. 1931).
**Sandy Roberton, English record producer (''Hark! The Village Wait'', ''Please to See the King'', ''Ten Man Mop, or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again'') (b. 1942).
**David Trimble, David Trimble, Baron Trimble, Northern Irish politician, First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, first minister (1998–2002), Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP (1990–2005) and member of the House of Lords (since 2006), Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize laureate (1998) (b. 1944).
* 26 July – James Lovelock, English environmentalist (Gaia hypothesis), inventor of the electron capture detector, complications from a fall (b. 1919).
* 27 July
**Bernard Cribbins, English actor (''The Wombles (1973 TV series), The Wombles'', ''Doctor Who'') and singer ("The Hole in the Ground") (b. 1928).
**Sir Christopher Meyer, diplomat, Downing Street Press Secretary, Downing Street press secretary (1993–1996), List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the United States, Ambassador to the United States (1997–2003) and List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Germany, Ambassador to Germany (1997), stroke (b. 1944).
**Tom Springfield, English musician (The Springfields) and songwriter ("I'll Never Find Another You", "Georgy Girl (song), Georgy Girl") (b. 1934).
* 28 July – Terry Neill, Northern Irish footballer (Northern Ireland national football team, national team) and manager (Arsenal F.C., Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur) (b. 1942).
* 29 July
**Myra Butter, English aristocrat (b. 1925).
**Michael Redfern, actor (''The Newcomers (TV series), The Newcomers'', ''United!'', ''The Two Ronnies'') (b. 1943).
* 31 July
**Anneli Drummond-Hay, Scottish show jumper (b. 1937).
**John Steiner, English actor (''Hine (TV series), Hine'', ''Violent Rome'', ''Yor, the Hunter from the Future''), traffic collision (b. 1941).

August

* 1 August
**John Hughes (footballer, born 1943), John Hughes, Scottish footballer (Celtic F.C., Celtic, Scotland national football team, national team) and manager (Stranraer F.C., Stranraer) (b. 1943).
**Philip Purser, television critic and novelist (b. 1925).
* 2 August
**Brenda Fisher, English long-distance swimmer (b. 1927).
**Alastair Little, chef, cookbook author and restaurateur (b. 1950).
* 3 August
**Roy Hackett, Jamaican-born civil rights activist (b. 1928).
**Nicky Moore, English singer (Samson (band), Samson), Parkinson's disease (b. 1947).
* 5 August
**Michael Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk, peer, member of the House of Lords (1957–1999) (b. 1935).
**Aled Owen, Welsh footballer (Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur, Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town, Wrexham A.F.C., Wrexham) (b. 1934).
* 8 August
**Darryl Hunt (musician), Darryl Hunt, English musician (The Pogues) (b. 1950).
**Dame Olivia Newton-John, British-Australian singer-songwriter ("I Honestly Love You", "Physical (Olivia Newton-John song), Physical") actress (''Grease (film), Grease''), entrepreneur and activist, Grammy Awards, Grammy winner (16th Annual Grammy Awards, 1974, 17th Annual Grammy Awards, 1975, 25th Annual Grammy Awards, 1982), breast cancer (b. 1948).
* 9 August
**Sir John Banham, businessman, director of the Confederation of British Industry (1987–1992) (b. 1940).
**Raymond Briggs, English author, illustrator, cartoonist and graphic novelist (''The Snowman (book), The Snowman'', ''Father Christmas (book), Father Christmas'', ''Fungus the Bogeyman''), pneumonia (b. 1934).
**Kieran Denvir, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (UCD GAA, Down GAA) (b. 1932).
**Nicholas Evans, English journalist, novelist (''The Horse Whisperer (novel), The Horse Whispere''), heart attack (b. 1950).
**Mick Jones (footballer, born 1947), Mick Jones, English footballer (Notts County) and manager (Peterborough United, Plymouth Argyle) (b. 1947).
**Jane McAdam Freud, conceptual sculptor (b. 1958).
* 10 August
**Sir Ralph Halpern, fashion industry executive, founder of Topshop (b. 1938).
**Pat Liney, Scottish footballer (Dundee F.C., Dundee, St Mirren F.C., St Mirren, Bradford City A.F.C., Bradford City) (b. 1936).
* 11 August
**Sir Simon Bland, soldier and courtier (b. 1923).
**Darius Campbell Danesh, Scottish singer-songwriter ("Colourblind (Darius Campbell song), Colourblind", "Rushes (song), Rushes", "Incredible (What I Meant to Say)") (b. 1980).
**Arthur Goddard (engineer), Arthur Goddard, British-Australian engineer (Rover Company) (b. 1921).
* 15 August
**Mike Burrows, bicycle designer (b. 1943).
**Steve Grimmett, English heavy metal singer (Grim Reaper (band), Grim Reaper, Onslaught (band), Onslaught, Lionsheart) (b. 1959).
**Lenny Johnrose, English footballer (Bury F.C., Bury, Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers, Burnley F.C., Burnley), complications from motor neurone disease (b. 1969).
* 16 August
**Duggie Brown, English comedian and actor (''Coronation Street'', ''The Final Cut (TV serial), The Final Cut'', ''Kes (film), Kes'') (b. 1940).
**Peter Davison (professor), Peter Davison, academic, authority on George Orwell (b. 1936).
**Joseph Delaney, author (''Spook's'') (b. 1945).
**Mark Girouard, architectural writer and historian (b. 1931).
**Anthony Hunt, structural engineer (b. 1932).
**Bruce Montague, English actor (''Butterflies (TV series), Butterflies'', ''The Link Men'', ''Hollyoaks'') (b. 1939).
**Rico (Scottish singer), Rico, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1971).
* 18 August – Josephine Tewson, actress (''Keeping Up Appearances'', ''Last of the Summer Wine'', ''Gabrielle and the Doodleman'') (b. 1931).
* 19 August
**David Marsh (golfer), David Marsh, amateur golfer and football administrator, chairman of Everton F.C. (1991–1994) (b. 1934).
**Leon Vitali, English actor (''Barry Lyndon'', ''Eyes Wide Shut'', ''The Fenn Street Gang'') (b. 1948).
* 21 August – David Armstrong (footballer, born 1954), David Armstrong, English footballer (Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough, Southampton F.C., Southampton, England national football team, national team) (b. 1954).
* 22 August – David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home, businessman and hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords (since 1996) (b. 1943).
* 23 August – David Shaw (British politician), David Shaw, politician, Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP for Dover (UK Parliament constituency), Dover (1987–1997) (b. 1950).
* 24 August
**Kallistos (Ware), Kallistos, English Orthodox prelate and theologian, metropolitan of Dioclea (Phrygia), Dioclea in Phrygia (since 2007) (b. 1934).
**Tim Page (photographer), Tim Page, English photographer, liver cancer (b. 1944).
* 25 August
**Ken Jones (rugby union, born 1941), Ken Jones, Welsh rugby union player (Llanelli RFC, Llanelli, Cardiff RFC, Cardiff, Wales national rugby union team, national team) (b. 1941).
**Giles Radice, politician, Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP (1973–2001) and member of the House of Lords (2001–2022), cancer (b. 1936).
* 28 August – Sammy Chung, English footballer (Norwich City F.C., Norwich City, Watford F.C., Watford) and manager (Doncaster Rovers F.C., Doncaster Rovers) (b. 1932).
* 29 August – Mick Bates (Welsh politician), Mick Bates, Welsh politician, Senedd, AM (1999–2011), cancer (b. 1947).
* 31 August
**Bill Turnbull, journalist and presenter, prostate cancer (b. 1956).
**Charles Wilson (journalist), Charles Wilson, Scottish journalist and newspaper editor (''The Times'', ''The Independent'') (b. 1935).

September

* 1 September – Phillip Mann, British-born New Zealand writer (''Master of Paxwax'', ''The Fall of the Families''), teacher and theatre director (b. 1942).
* 2 September
**Ian Cockbain (cricketer, born 1958), Ian Cockbain, English cricketer (Lancashire County Cricket Club, Lancashire) (b. 1958).
**Drummie Zeb, English reggae musician (Aswad) and record producer (b. 1959).
* 5 September – Merlin Hanbury-Tracy, 7th Baron Sudeley, peer, member of the House of Lords (1960–1999) (b. 1939).
* 7 September – Alan Wilkins (playwright), Alan Wilkins, Scottish playwright (b. 1969).
* 8 September
**Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952–2022) (b. 1926).
**Mavis Nicholson, Welsh writer and broadcaster (b. 1930).
**Gwyneth Powell, English actress (''Grange Hill'', ''Man Down (TV series), Man Down'', ''The Guardians (British TV series), The Guardians''), complications from colon surgery (b. 1946).
**Dave Smith (footballer, born 1933), Dave Smith, Scottish footballer (Burnley F.C., Burnley, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion) and manager (Plymouth Argyle F.C., Plymouth Argyle) (b. 1933).
**Luke Swann, English cricket coach (Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, Northamptonshire) (b. 1983).
* 9 September – Clive Tanner, English-born Canadian politician, Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, British Columbia MLA (1991–1996) (b. 1934).
* 11 September
**Malcolm Erskine, 17th Earl of Buchan, Scottish peer, member of the House of Lords (1984–1999) (b. 1930).
**Harry Landis, English actor (''Bitter Victory'', ''Friday Night Dinner'', ''EastEnders'') and stage director (b. 1926).
**W. David McIntyre, English-born New Zealand historian (b. 1932).
**Joyce Reynolds (classicist), Joyce Reynolds, classicist and academic (b. 1918).
* 12 September – Ken Brownlee, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen, Third Lanark A.C., Third Lanark, Boksburg F.C., Boksburg), heart failure (b. 1934).
* 13 September
**Fred Callaghan, English footballer (Fulham F.C., Fulham) and manager (Woking F.C., Woking, Brentford F.C., Brentford) (b. 1944).
**Brian Hewson, English Olympic middle-distance runner (Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres, 1956, Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres, 1960) (b. 1933).
**Tessa Keswick, policy analyst (b. 1942).
* 14 September – Paul Sartin, English folk singer, musician (Bellowhead, Faustus (band), Faustus, Belshazzar's Feast (band), Belshazzar's Feast) and composer, heart attack (b. 1971).
* 15 September
**Eddie Butler (rugby union), Eddie Butler, Welsh rugby union player (British & Irish Lions, Barbarian F.C., Wales national rugby union team, national team), commentator and journalist (b. 1957).
**Liam Holden, Northern Irish List of miscarriage of justice cases, victim of a miscarriage of justice (b. 1953).
* 18 September – Cherry Valentine, English nurse and drag queen (''RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 2), RuPaul's Drag Race UK'', ''Cherry Valentine: Gypsy Queen and Proud'') (b. 1993).
* 21 September
**Jimmy Elder, Scottish professional footballer (Portsmouth F.C., Portsmouth, Colchester United F.C., Colchester United) (b. 1928).
**John Hamblin, English-born Australian television presenter (''Play School (Australian TV series), Play School'') and actor (''The Restless Years'') (b. 1935).
**Russell Weir, Scottish golfer (b. 1951).
* 22 September
**Stu Allan, dance music DJ (Clock (dance act), Clock) and record producer, stomach cancer (b. 1962).
**Dame Hilary Mantel, (''Wolf Hall'', ''Bring Up the Bodies'', ''The Mirror & the Light''), Booker Prize winner (2009 Man Booker Prize, 2009, 2012 Man Booker Prize, 2012) (b. 1952).
**Mohamed Sheikh, Baron Sheikh, Kenyan-born businessman and peer, member of the House of Lords (since 2006) (b. 1941).
* 25 September – Roy MacLaren (footballer), Roy MacLaren, Scottish professional footballer (St Johnstone F.C., St Johnstone, Bury F.C., Bury, Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday). (b. 1930).

October

*2 October
**Raymond Allen (scriptwriter), Raymond Allen, television screenwriter (''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'', ''Comedy Playhouse'', ''The Little and Large Show'') and playwright, cancer (b. 1940).
**Eamonn McCabe, photographer (b. 1948).
**Carl Walker, English police inspector, George Cross recipient (1972) (b. 1934).
*3 October
**Ian Hamilton (advocate), Ian Hamilton, Scottish lawyer and independence activist (1950 removal of the Stone of Scone) (b. 1925).
**Howard Tripp, Roman Catholic prelate, titular bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Newport, Newport and auxiliary bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark, Southwark (1980–2004) (b. 1927).
*4 October
**Peter Robinson (novelist), Peter Robinson, English-born Canadian crime writer (Inspector Alan Banks) (b. 1950).
**Adam Walker (rugby league), Adam Walker, rugby league player (Hull Kingston Rovers, Wakefield Trinity, Scotland national rugby league team, national team), suicide (b. 1991).
*8 October
**Gabrielle Beaumont, film and television director (''Diana: A Tribute to the People's Princess'') (b. 1942).
**John Duncan (footballer), John Duncan, Scottish football player (Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur, Derby County F.C., Derby County, Scunthorpe United F.C., Scunthorpe United, Dundee F.C., Dundee) and manager (Scunthorpe United, Hartlepool United F.C., Hartlepool United, Chesterfield F.C., Chesterfield, Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town) (b. 1949).
**Gavin Stokes, Scottish professional footballer (Maryhill F.C., Maryhill) (b. 1991).
*9 October – Kevin Thomas (footballer, born 1944), Kevin Thomas, English footballer (Blackpool F.C., Blackpool, Tranmere Rovers F.C., Tranmere Rovers, Oxford United F.C., Oxford United, Southport F.C., Southport) (b. 1944).
*10 October – Keith Eddy, English professional footballer (Barrow F.C., Barrow, Watford F.C., Watford, Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United) (b. 1944).
*11 October – Dame Angela Lansbury, actress (''The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film), The Manchurian Candidate'', ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks'', ''Murder, She Wrote''), five-time Tony Awards, Tony winner (b. 1925).
*14 October – Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor (''Harry Potter (film series), Harry Potter'', ''Cracker (British TV series), Cracker'', ''GoldenEye'') and comedian (b. 1950).
*16 October – Ian Whittaker, set decorator (''Alien (film), Alien''), art director (''Downhill Racer''), and actor (''The Revenge of Frankenstein'') (b. 1928).
*20 October
**Josephine Melville, British actress, director and writer (''EastEnders'') (b. 1961).
**Jimmy Millar (footballer, born 1934), Jimmy Millar, Scottish professional footballer (Dunfermline Athletic F.C., Dunfermline Athletic, Rangers F.C., Rangers, Dundee United F.C., Dundee United, Scotland national football team, Scotland) and manager (Raith Rovers F.C., Raith Rovers) (b. 1934).
* 21 October – May Blood, Baroness Blood, Northern Irish politician (b. 1938).

November

*1 November – Patricia Ruanne, English ballerina (b. 1945).
*2 November
**Nicholas Harding, English-born Australian painter, Archibald Prize winner (List of Archibald Prize 2001 finalists, 2001), cancer (b. 1956).
**Ronnie Radford, English footballer (Newport County F.C., Newport County, Hereford United F.C., Hereford United) (b. 1943).
**Sir Erich Reich, Austrian-born entrepreneur and philanthropist (b. 1935).
*3 November – Noel McKoy, soul singer.
*5 November
**Jeremy Davies (exorcist), Jeremy Davies, English Roman Catholic priest and exorcist, co-founder of the International Association of Exorcists (b. 1935).
**Ian Ker, English Roman Catholic priest and scholar (b. 1942).
**Bob Le Sueur, humanitarian (b. 1920).
**Bill Treacher, English actor (''EastEnders'', ''The Musketeer'', ''Dixon of Dock Green''), COVID-19 and pneumonia (b. 1930).
*6 November – Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce, naval officer, Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom), chief of the defence staff (2001–2003), First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, first sea lord (1998–2001), and member of the House of Lords (since 2003), cancer (b. 1943).
*7 November
**Nigel Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham, politician, Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP (1992–2005) and member of the House of Lords (since 2005), complications during surgery (b. 1948).
**Leslie Phillips, English actor (''Carry On (franchise), Carry On'', ''The Navy Lark'', ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'') (b. 1924).
*8 November
**Sir David Butler (psephologist), David Butler, English political scientist (b. 1924).
**Mario Conti, Scottish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (1977–2002) and archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow, Glasgow (2002–2012) (b. 1934).
**Sam Gardiner, Northern Irish politician, Northern Ireland Assembly, MLA (2003–2016) and three-time mayor of Craigavon (b. 1940).
**Dan McCafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter, musician (Nazareth) (b. 1946).
**Tom Owen (actor), Tom Owen, English actor (''Last of the Summer Wine'') (b. 1949).
**Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, English financier, chairman of ''The Economist'' (1972–1989), stroke (b. 1931).
**Tiutchev (horse), Tiutchev, English racehorse (b. 1993).
*9 November – Michael Cross, Royal Air Force officer (b. 1942).
*10 November
**Peter Dawes, English Anglican prelate, bishop of Derby (1988–1995) (b. 1928).
**Keith Farmer, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1987).
**Rajni Kumar, English-born Indian educationalist, founder of the Springdales Schools (b. 1923).
**Nik Turner, English musician, saxophonist and flautist (Hawkwind) (b. 1940).
*11 November
**Keith Levene, English guitarist, musician, founding member of (The Clash, Public Image Ltd), liver cancer (b. 1957).
**Rab Noakes, Scottish singer-songwriter, musician (Stealers Wheel) (b. 1947).
**Sir Simon Towneley, author, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (1976–1997) (b. 1921).
*12 November
**John Connaughton, English professional footballer ( Manchester United, Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United, Port Vale F.C., Port Vale, Altrincham F.C., Altrincham) (b. 1949).
**David English (cricketer), David English, English actor (''A Bridge Too Far (film), A Bridge Too Far'', ''Lisztomania (film), Lisztomania''), cricketer (Marylebone Cricket Club, MCC) and writer, heart attack (b. 1946).
*13 November
**Colin Campbell (geologist), Colin Campbell, petroleum geologist (Rimini protocol) (b. 1931).
**Willie Donald, Scottish cricketer (Aberdeenshire Cricket Club, Aberdeenshire, Scotland national cricket team, national team) and administrator (b. 1953).
**Sir Eldryd Parry, academic and physician (b. 1930).
*14 November
**Sue Baker, television presenter (''Top Gear (1977 TV series), Top Gear''), motor neurone disease.
**Kevin Beardmore, English rugby league player (Castleford Tigers, Castleford, Great Britain national rugby league team, Great Britain, England national rugby league team, national team) (b. 1960).
*15 November
**Tim Holt (statistician), Tim Holt, statistician, director of the Central Statistical Office (United Kingdom), Central Statistical Office (1995–1996) and the Office for National Statistics (1996–2000) (b. 1943).
**Veronica Hurst, English actress (''Laughter in Paradise'', ''The Maze (1953 film), The Maze'') (b. 1931).
**Jimmy O'Rourke (footballer), Jimmy O'Rourke, Scottish footballer (Hibernian F.C., Hibernian, St Johnstone F.C., St Johnstone, Motherwell F.C., Motherwell) (b. 1946).
**Marcus Sedgwick, novelist (''Floodland (novel), Floodland'', ''The Book of Dead Days'', ''My Swordhand Is Singing'') (b. 1968).
*16 November
**Christopher Duffy, military historian (b. 1936).
**Peter J. Parsons, classical scholar (b. 1936).
**Michael Pertschuk, English-born American commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (1977–1984), pneumonia (b. 1933).
*17 November – Nick Fisher (broadcaster), Nick Fisher, scriptwriter (''The Giblet Boys''), journalist and angler (''River Cottage: Gone Fishing'') (b. 1959). (body discovered on this date)
*18 November – Francis Joseph (footballer), Francis Joseph, English footballer (Wimbledon F.C., Wimbledon, Brentford F.C., Brentford, Reading F.C., Reading, Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United, Gillingham F.C., Gillingham, Crewe Alexandra F.C., Crewe Alexandra, Fulham F.C., Fulham) (b. 1960).
*20 November
**Norrie Davidson, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen, Hearts F.C., Hearts, Dundee United F.C., Dundee United, Partick Thistle F.C., Partick Thistle, St Mirren F.C., St Mirren) (b. 1934).
**Sir Ian Grant (businessman), Ian Grant, corporate director, chairman of Crown Estate (2002–2009) (b. 1943).
**Frank Rankmore, Welsh professional footballer (Wales national football team, Wales, Cardiff City F.C., Cardiff City, Peterborough United F.C., Peterborough United, Northampton Town F.C., Northampton Town) (b. 1939).
*21 November
**Wilko Johnson, English guitarist (Dr. Feelgood (band), Dr. Feelgood), songwriter ("Roxette (song), Roxette"), and actor (''Game of Thrones'') (b. 1947).
**Jeremy Lloyds, English cricketer (Somerset County Cricket Club, Somerset, Free State (cricket team), Orange Free State, Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, Gloucestershire) and umpire (b. 1954).
**David Pownall, English playwright and radio dramatist (b. 1938).
*22 November
**Sir John Bourn, auditor, Comptroller and Auditor General (United Kingdom), comptroller and auditor general (1988–2008) (b. 1934).
**Dame Frances Campbell-Preston, courtier, lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1965–2002) (b. 1918).
**Joe Hardstaff (RAF officer), Joe Hardstaff, English cricketer (Free Foresters Cricket Club, Free Foresters, Combined Services cricket team, Combined Services, Marylebone Cricket Club, Marylebone) and air commodore (b. 1935).
**Edward Kellett-Bowman, politician, Member of the European Parliament, MEP (1979–1984, 1988–1999) (b. 1931).
*23 November
**David Johnson (footballer, born 1951), David Johnson, English professional footballer (England national football team, England, Everton F.C., Everton, Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town, Liverpool, Manchester City F.C., Manchester City, Preston North End F.C., Preston North End) (b. 1951).
**Richard Shepherd (chef), Richard Shepherd, restaurateur (Langan's Brasserie) (b. 1945).
*24 November
**Chanoch Ehrentreu, German-born English rabbi (b. 1932).
**Neil Robinson (footballer, born 1957), Neil Robinson, English footballer (Everton F.C., Everton, Swansea City F.C., Swansea City, Grimsby Town F.C., Grimsby Town, Darlington F.C., Darlington), cardiac arrest (b. 1957).
*25 November – Sheila Vogel-Coupe, English prostitute (b. 1928).
*26 November – Doddie Weir, Scottish rugby union player, complications from motor neurone disease (b. 1970).
*27 November
**Freddie Ross Hancock, publicist (b. 1930).
**Brian Hogan (rugby league), Brian Hogan, English rugby league player (St Helens R.F.C., St Helens, Wigan Warriors, Wigan, England national rugby league team, national team) (b. 1947).
**Dame Clare Marx, surgeon, president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (2014–2017), pancreatic cancer (b. 1954).
**Maurice Norman, English footballer (England national football team, England, Norwich City F.C., Norwich City, Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur), cancer (b. 1934).
*28 November
**Sir Michael Knight (RAF officer), Michael Knight, Royal Air Force officer (b. 1932).
**Sir Michael Parker (event organiser), Michael Parker, army officer and event organiser (b. 1941).
**Tom Phillips (artist), Tom Phillips, English artist (''A Humument'') (b. 1937).
*29 November
**Derek Granger, English film and television producer, and screenwriter (''Brideshead Revisited (TV serial), Brideshead Revisited'', ''A Handful of Dust (film), A Handful of Dust'', ''Where Angels Fear to Tread (film), Where Angels Fear to Tread'') (b. 1921).
**Ouija Board (horse), Ouija Board, Thoroughbred racehorse (b. 2001).
*30 November
**Christine McVie, English singer, musician and keyboardist (Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack) (b. 1943).
**Shirley Meredeen, journalist and activist (b. 1930).

December

*2 December
**Assem Allam, Egyptian-born football executive, chairman of Hull City A.F.C., Hull City (2010–2022), cancer (b. 1939).
**Tony Allen (footballer), Tony Allen, English footballer (Stoke City F.C., Stoke City, Bury F.C., Bury, England national football team, national team) (b. 1939).
**Carolyn Grace, Australian-born pilot, traffic collision.
**Louis Negin, English-born Canadian actor (''Get Charlie Tully'', ''Rabid (1977 film), Rabid'', ''Physical Evidence'') (b. 1929).
**Duncan Robinson (art historian), Duncan Robinson, art historian and academic (b. 1943).
*3 December
**Jamie Freeman, singer and songwriter, brain cancer (b. 1965).
**Leslie Houlden, Anglican priest and academic (b. 1929).
**Annie Yellowe Palma, poet, author and child protection advocate (b. 1962).
*4 December
**Peter Hedger, racehorse trainer.
**Jeffrey James West, Anglican priest and civil servant (b. 1950).
*5 December – Anthea Millett, educator (b. 1941).
*6 December
**James Alty, computer scientist (b. 1939).
**Jet Black, English drummer (The Stranglers) (b. 1938).
*7 December
**John Dodge (paediatrician), John Dodge, paediatrician (b. 1933).
**Johnny Johnson (RAF officer), Johnny Johnson, Royal Air Force officer (Operation Chastise) (b. 1921).
*8 December – Kayf Tara, Thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1994).
*9 December
**Ruth Madoc, actress (''Hi-de-Hi!'', ''Fiddler on the Roof (film), Fiddler on the Roof'', ''Little Britain (TV series), Little Britain'') and singer, complications from a fall (b. 1943).
**David Young, Baron Young of Graffham, politician, secretary of state for Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, trade and industry (1987–1989) and Secretary of State for Employment, employment (1985–1987), member of the House of Lords (1984–2022) (b. 1932).
*10 December
**John Allen (rugby union), John Allen, rugby union player and administrator (Leicester Tigers) (b. 1942).
**Dame Beryl Grey, English ballerina (b. 1927).
**Tracy Hitchings, English musician (Landmarq), cancer (b. 1962).
**Tony Lancaster, English-born American Bayesian econometrician (b. 1938).
**Victor Lewis-Smith, writer and producer (''In Confidence'') (b. 1957).
**John Molyneux (Trotskyist), John Molyneux, Trotskyist, academic and author (b. 1948).
*11 December
**Chris Boucher (writer), Chris Boucher, television screenwriter (''Doctor Who'', ''Blake's 7'', ''Shoestring (TV series), Shoestring'') and novelist (b. 1943).
**Mel James, Welsh rugby union rugby union (Swansea RFC, Swansea) and league (St Helens R.F.C., St Helens, Wales national rugby league team, national team) player (b. 1948).
*12 December
**Philippa Roe, Baroness Couttie, politician, leader of Westminster City Council (2012–2017) and member of the House of Lords (since 2016), cancer (b. 1962).
**Michael Hodgetts, English Catholic historian (b. 1936).
**Jacqueline Stanley, English-born painter (b. 1928).
*13 December
**Sir John MacDermott (judge), John MacDermott, Northern Irish jurist, judge of the Courts of Northern Ireland, high court (1973–1998) (b. 1927).
**Bayan Northcott, English music critic (''The Independent'', ''BBC Music Magazine'') and composer (b. 1940).
**David Ramsbotham, Baron Ramsbotham, military officer and life peer, member of the House of Lords (since 2005), fall.
**Adrian Shooter, transport executive, founder of Vivarail and member of the Royal Academy of Engineering, assisted suicide (b. 1948).
**Kim Simmonds, Welsh rock singer and musician (Savoy Brown), colon cancer (b. 1947).
*14 December
**Alex Duchart, Scottish footballer (Southend United F.C., Southend United) (b. 1933).
**Jean Franco, British-born American academic and literary critic (b. 1924).
**John Hughes (editor), John Hughes, Welsh-born American journalist (''The Christian Science Monitor'', ''Deseret News''), Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, Pulitzer Prize winner (1967) (b. 1930).
**Sir Sydney Samuelson, cinematographer (b. 1925).
**Christopher Tucker, English make-up artist (''The Elephant Man (film), The Elephant Man'', ''Quest for Fire (film), Quest for Fire'', ''The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical), The Phantom of the Opera''), strep infection (b. 1941).
*15 December
**Sulamita Aronovsky, Soviet-born classical pianist and teacher (b. 1929).
**Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone, politician, member of the House of Lords (1997–2016), complications from Alzheimer's disease (b. 1943).
**Belinda Douglas-Scott-Montagu, Baroness Montagu of Beaulieu, embroiderer (b. 1932).
**Michael Reed (cinematographer), Michael Reed, Canadian-born cinematographer (''The Gorgon'', ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film), On Her Majesty's Secret Service'', ''Galileo (1975 film), Galileo'') (b. 1929).
**Barry West, English snooker player (b. 1958).
*18 December
**Martin Duffy, English keyboardist (Felt (band), Felt, Primal Scream), complications from a fall (b. 1967).
**Terry Hall (singer), Terry Hall, English singer (The Specials, Fun Boy Three) and songwriter ("Our Lips Are Sealed") (b. 1959).
*22 December – Ronan Vibert, English actor (b. 1964).
*23 December
**George Cohen, English footballer (Fulham F.C., Fulham, England national football team, national team), world champion (1966 FIFA World Cup, 1966) (b. 1939).
**Cue Card (horse), Cue Card, Thoroughbred racehorse, heart attack (b. 2006).
**Stephen Greif, English actor (''Blake's 7'', ''The Crown (TV series), The Crown'') (b. 1944).
*24 December – John Bird (actor), John Bird, English actor and comedian (''Bremner, Bird and Fortune'') (b. 1936).
*25 December – Alice Mahon, English trade unionist and former MP (b. 1937).
*29 December – Dame Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer (b. 1941).

See also

*Politics of the United Kingdom, Politics in the United Kingdom
*2020s in United Kingdom political history
*2022 in United Kingdom politics and government
*Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (January–June 2022)
*Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (July–December 2022)
*2022 in British music
*2022 in British television
*List of British films of 2022

External links

The UK year in pictures
(BBC News)
2022 in review: Three prime ministers, the death of a monarch and war in Europe
(Sky News) - Most of the content is UK based or related but some international news stories are mentioned.

References

{{Years in the United Kingdom

2022 in the United Kingdom,
2022 by country, United Kingdom
2022 in Europe, United Kingdom
Years of the 21st century in the United Kingdom