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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak announces that he plans to increase the United Kingdom's defence budget to 2.5% of its GDP by 2030, totaling around £85 billion.
2024-04-23

A record 1,295 illegal migrants cross the English Channel to the United Kingdom on "small boats", according to the Ministry of Defence.
2022-08-22

The Indian government issues new Standard Operational Procedure (SOP) guidelines that would be mandatory for travelers from the United Kingdom, Europe, Brazil, and South Africa to conduct self-paid molecular COVID-19 testing, beginning from February 22 at 23:59 p.m. IST.
2021-02-17

The United Kingdom reports 50,385 total COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic, becoming the first country in Europe to surpass 50,000 deaths.
2020-11-11

British Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Amber Rudd resigns from Boris Johnson's cabinet and the Conservative whip in protest of both his handling of Brexit and his expulsion of 21 MPs from the party. Rudd will now sit as an independent MP in the House of Commons.
2019-09-7

Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay agree to close their ports to ships flying the flag of the Falkland Islands at a Mercosur meeting; Argentina and the United Kingdom both claim the islands.
2011-12-21

The United Kingdom's largest bank HSBC doubles its profits to $19bn (£11.8bn) in 2010.
2011-02-28

George Osborne, the United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer, announces that the tax on bank profits will become permanent.
2011-02-8

Dubai police name five new suspects in connection with the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in January, involving passports from Australia, Britain and France. An Israeli citizen, Zev Barkan, wanted by New Zealand since 2004 for passport fraud, may have used a New Zealand passport.
2010-05-7

The third round of leaders' debates takes place in the United Kingdom.
2010-04-29