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By April 2025, all visitors with visa-exempt nationalities will need an ETA to travel to the UK if they do not possess a valid UK visa or are not also citizens of the UK or Ireland. Since 27 November 2024, ETA applications have also been opened for non-visa nationalities outside the European Union, who will need an ETA for any travel to the UK ...
The UK government announces that legislation will be brought forward to ban sex offenders in England and Wales from changing their names to avoid detection. [415] 10 May The UK economy is reported to have moved out of recession, with 0.6% growth between January and March, the fastest rate for two years. [416]
Each group of squares in the map key is 20% of total number of districts. With over 56 million inhabitants, England is by far the most populous country of the United Kingdom, accounting for 84% of the combined total. [4] England taken as a unit and measured against international states would be the 26th largest country by population in the ...
(July 2024) The Valley Gardens at Windsor Great Park Natural History Museum, London British Museum , London This article lists the most-visited attractions in the United Kingdom , including art galleries , gardens , zoos , theatres , libraries and museums .
The earliest cities (Latin: civitas) in Britain were the fortified settlements organised by the Romans as capitals of the Celtic tribes under Roman rule.The British clerics of the early Middle Ages later preserved a traditional list of the "28 Cities" (Old Welsh: cair) which was mentioned in De Excidio Britanniae [c] and Historia Brittonum.
The estimated nominal GDP of the UK for 2024 is £2.765 trillion. [267] This value is 23% higher than the 2019 figure of £2.255 trillion [268] before leaving the EU (at similar US and EU exchange rates to 2019). [269] [u] Inflation in the UK rose by 2% in the year to May 2024 which was the government's target. [271] [272]
Both Reform UK and the Green Party also gained from the Conservatives. Liz Truss lost her own seat of South West Norfolk to Labour. [6] The only Conservative gain in England was Leicester East, where a split Labour vote between the official labour candidate and former Labour MPs Claudia Webbe and Keith Vaz depressed the Labour vote. [7]
← 2023 2022 2021 2024 in England → 2025 2026 2027 Centuries: 19th 20th 21st Decades: 2000s 2010s 2020s See also: 2023–24 in English football 2024–25 in English football 2024 in the United Kingdom Other events of 2024 Events of the year 2024 in England. Incumbent Further information: Politics of England Events January 1 January – Figures published by NHS England show that almost three ...