2026 in United Kingdom politics and government

Not to be confused with the 2026 United Kingdom electoral calendar.
See also: 2026 in politics and government, 2026 in the United Kingdom, and 2020s in political history
Main article: 2020s in United Kingdom political history

A list of events relating to politics and government in the United Kingdom during 2026.

Events

January

  • 1 January
    • In his new year message, Prime Minister Keir Starmer says his government will "defeat the decline and division offered by others" and that 2026 will see people feeling "positive change" in their lives.[1]
    • In her new year message, the leader of the opposition Kemi Badenoch says that in 2025 there was "no growth, higher taxes and record unemployment" and that the plan for her party would "back business and fix our economy so we can fund our armed forces, police, schools, NHS and build something that we feel proud of".[1]
    • In his new year message, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, Ed Davey, says that his party could "win again in 2026" after their "record-breaking success" in the previous local elections. He also said he would "stop Trump's America becoming Farage's Britain" and "change our country for the better".[1]
    • In his new year message, Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, which has led in national opinion polls since early 2025, says that his party is offering "hope" and "change", predicting that May would be "the single most important set of elections between now and the next general election" and that the country is getting "gloomier" and "poorer", and that with higher unemployment and debt is "running completely out of control".[1]
    • In her new year message, Rachel Millward, the Green Party's co-deputy leader, says they would "do everything" they can "to stop Nigel Farage getting anywhere near Downing Street". Mothin Ali, the other co-deputy, said the party had gained 110,000 new members since the summer and that they are "here to replace Labour".[1]
  • 2 January – Mike Nesbitt announces he is stepping down as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party.[2]
  • 3 January – Starmer says that the UK was not involved in the US strikes on Venezuela, which resulted in the capture of President Nicolas Maduro.[3]
  • 5 January –
    • Starmer says that the future of Greenland is up to the Danish territory after President Donald Trump suggests the US could invade it.[4]
    • Dame Emily Thornberry, who chairs the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, describes the US action in Venezuela as a breach of international law, and says that the UK should make clear it is "unacceptable".[5]
    • Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper tells the House of Commons she has reminded her US counterpart of that country's obligations under international law following the capture of Maduro.[6]
  • 6 January –
    • A Scottish Parliamentary investigation finds that Justice Secretary Angela Constance broke the ministerial code after making controversial comments about a grooming gangs expert in parliament.[7]
    • The Scottish Parliament confirms that MSPs will receive a 4.3% pay rise from April, taking their annual income from £74,507 to £77,710.[8]
    • Labour councillor for Nunhead and Queen's Road ward Reginald Popoola defects to the Green Party of England and Wales.[9]
  • 7 January –
  • 8 January – The House of Lords votes to approve a proposal to allow more time for it to debate the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.[12]
  • 9 January – Liberal Democrat councillor George Percival for Shirley on Southampton City Council resigns his seat 15 months after winning a by-election.[13]
  • 11 January –
  • 12 January –
  • 13 January –
    • The UK government drops plans to require people to sign up to their digital ID card scheme in order to prove their eligibility to work in the UK.[21]
    • Finance Secretary Shona Robison delivers the 2026 Scottish budget, which includes changes to tax thresholds, an increase in taxation on residential properties worth over £1m and an increase in the Scottish Child Payment.[22]
  • 14 January – Reform UK announces that 20 local councillors – 14 Conservatives, five independents and one from the Green Party – have joined its number.[23]
  • 15 January –
  • 17 January
  • 18 January –
    • Downing Street says that Starmer has told Trump in a phone call that it would be wrong for the United States to impose tariffs on countries for opposing his wish to annexe Greenland.[30]
    • Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, Farage says that Reform UK will not become the "Conservative Party 2.0" following the defection of Robert Jenrick.[31]
    • Shadow minister Andrew Rosindell resigns from the Conservative Party to join Reform UK in anger at his former party's handling of the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands when it was in government.[32]
  • 20 January – Member of the Senedd and shadow cabinet James Evans is expelled from the Welsh Conservatives after telling leader Darren Millar he is involved in talks to join Reform UK. Reform's leader, Nigel Farage, later says he has held no such talks with Evans.[33]
  • 21 January –
    • The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards rules that Reform UK leader Nigel Farage breached MPs' rules 17 times by failing to register financial interests totalling £384,000 within the 28-day limit, but concludes that the breaches were "inadvertent" and do not require sanctions.[34]
    • Peers vote 251–150 to amend the UK government's Schools Bill to include a social media ban for under 16s.[35]
    • MPs at Westminster vote to remove from the Troubles Legacy Act that a measure providing conditional immunity from prosecutions for Troubles-era crimes.[36]
  • 22 January –
  • 23 January –
    • A BBC News report suggests that with election delays due to local government reorganisation, around 250 councillors could end up serving terms of seven years, rather than the usual four.[42]
    • Buckinghamshire Councillor Kathy Gibbon defects from Reform UK to the Conservatives, giving the Conservatives an overall majority on the council, which they had lost to no overall control in the 2025 Buckinghamshire Council election.[43]
    • Belfast City Council's strategic and resources committee votes to suspend its use of X over concerns about the Grok AI tool, with the proposal to be put to the full council on 2 February.[44]
  • 24 January –
  • 25 January – Andy Burnham is blocked by Labour's National Executive Committee from standing as a candidate in the forthcoming Gorton and Denton by-election.[47]
  • 26 January –
  • 27 January –
  • 28 January – Sarah Mullally installed as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury in a ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral.[59]
  • 29 January – Edward Harris announces his resignation as chair of Warwickshire County Council, and as a member of Reform UK, after illegally running two unsafe rental properties in Tamworth.[60]
  • 30 January –
  • 31 January –

February

  • 1 February –
    • Peter Mandelson resigns his membership of the Labour Party saying he does not want to "cause further embarrassment" after documents released as part of the Epstein files suggest Jeffrey Epstein paid him $75,000 over three separate payments during 2003 and 2004.[67]
    • Charlotte Cadden, a former police detective, is selected as the Conservative Party candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election.[68]
    • Speaking to Sky's Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, First Minister of Northern Ireland Michelle O'Neill says there should be a referendum for the people of Northern Ireland to decide whether they want to be part of a United Ireland by 2030.[69]
  • 2 February –
    • Former minister Tulip Siddiq is sentenced in her absence to four years in prison by a Bangladesh court for charges of corruption.[70]
    • The Workers Party of Britain withdraws from the Gorton and Denton by-election.[71]
    • The Scottish Government says it will not support the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill, a bill tabled by Independent MSP Ash Regan that would criminalise payment for sex.[72]
  • 3 February
    • Peter Mandelson resigns from the House of Lords following allegations he leaked sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein.[73]
    • Robert Alden, the leader of Birmingham City Council's Conservative group, writes to Sharon Osbourne inviting her to stand for the party if she moves to the city.[74]
    • MSPs reject the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill by 64 votes to 54.[75]
    • The Senedd approves Welsh Government proposals to increase the minimum unit price of alcohol by 30%, from 50p to 65p, from October.[76]
  • 4 February – After Labour MPs force a government u-turn over plans to withhold some material relating to Peter Mandelson's appointment as the United Kingdom's ambassador to the United States, MPs approve the amended proposal for the release of government documents .[77]
  • 5 February –
    • MSPs back the Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Bill, which would see the introduction of restrictions on cosmetic procedures including botox injections and non-surgical Brazilian butt lifts.[78]
    • Former Conservative Party councillor Dan Thomas is appointed as Leader of Reform UK Wales.[79]
    • It is confirmed that Senedd Member James Evans has joined Reform UK after being expelled from the Conservatives after telling the party he was talking to Reform about defecting.[79]
    • Reform UK win their first council seat in Anglesey, in a local by-election in Ynys Gybi ward, their first gain from Plaid Cymru.[80]
  • 6 February –
  • 7 February – The Foreign and Commonwealth Office announces a review into a pay-off given to Peter Mandelson after he was dismissed as the UK's ambassador to the United States.[83]
  • 8 February –
  • 9 February –
  • 10 February –
  • 11 February –
    • The Liberal Democrats announce they would break up HM Treasury and create a new Department of Growth if they form the next government, with the new department based in Birmingham.[93]
    • Speaking on Sky News, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, co-owner of Manchester United and founder of Ineos, says that the UK has been "colonised by immigrants" and suggests Starmer is "too nice" to do "difficult things" to stabilise the country's economy. Starmer rejects the comments as "offensive and wrong".[94]
    • Reform UK's Francesca O'Brien says the party will not defund Bangor University after the party's Head of Policy, Zia Yusuf, suggested they would remove £30m of funding from the university after its debating society rejected a request for a Q&A session by two Reform politicians.[95]
  • 12 February –
    • Sir Chris Wormald announces his resignation as Cabinet Secretary.[96]
    • Two senior parliamentary aides to Welsh Conservatives leader Darren Millar – former deputy chief of staff Zak Weaver and senior communications officer Tomos Llewelyn – defect to Reform UK on the eve of the Welsh Conservative Party conference in Llandudno.[97]
    • Sir Jim Ratcliffe apologises for "offending some people" over his comments on Sky News.[98]
  • 13 February –
  • 14 February – Starmer addresses the 62nd Munich Security Conference, telling delegates Europe must be ready to fight to protect its people, values and way of life.[103]
  • 16 February –
    • The UK government abandons plans to delay local elections in 30 local authorities following legal advice, and ahead of a proposed legal challenge to the delays.[104]
    • An amendment to the Crimes and Policing Bill proposes making hate crimes targeted at members of the LGBTQ community and people with disabilities aggravated offences.[105]
    • Warrington Borough Councillor John Roddy, elected as a Reform UK councillor in an August 2025 by-election, defects to the Conservatives.[106]
  • 17 February –
  • 18 February – Reform UK shifts its policy on the two child benefit cap, saying that it would now reintroduce the cap if it were elected to government.[109] The party also says it would keep the Office for Budget Responsibility and maintain the independence of the Bank of England.[110]
  • 19 February –
  • 20 February – The UK government confirms is considering introducing legislation to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal line of succession.[116]
  • 21 February – Kenny MacAskill, leader of the Alba Party, says the party is unlikely to contest the 2026 Scottish Parliament election because of its "perilous financial situation".[117]
  • 22 February – Tommy Sheridan, Angus MacNeil, Christina Hendry and Suzanne Blackley issue a joint statement in which they offer to take over leadership of the Alba Party to ensure it can contest the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.[118]
  • 23 February –
    • in a letter to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says that his government would back plans to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal line of succession.[119]
    • Lord Mandelson is arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, following an investigation over allegations he shared market-sensitive government information with Jeffrey Epstein while a government minister.[120]
  • 24 February –
    • Parliament backs a motion proposed by the Liberal Democrats to release documents relating to the appointment of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as a trade envoy.[121]
    • A spokesman for New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the New Zealand government backs plans to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal line of succession.[122]
    • Mandelson says he was arrested following "baseless" information passed to the police that he was about to permanently leave the UK for the British Virgin Islands.[123]
    • Reform UK suspends Adam Mitula, who was helping the party in its campaign in the Gorton and Denton by-election, for making racist and antisemitic comments on social media.[124]
    • MSPs reject the Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill, which would have introduced a recall system for MPs suspended from parliament for ten days or longer.[125]
    • The Senedd votes to give its approval to the provision of assisted dying services in Wales.[126]
  • 25 February –
    • Sir Lindsay Hoyle confirms he passed on information to the police suggesting Peter Mandelson was a flight risk prior to Mandelson's arrest. The Metropolitan Police subsequently apologises for "inadvertently revealing information" relating to the case.[127]
    • The High Court rules that Gorton and Denton by-election candidate Matt Goodwin and his election agent will not face sanctions for the absence of a "statutory imprint" on leaflets. The judge said the two had taken "appropriate steps to put it right" and that the "error occurred due to a change of font" during the production of the leaflets that "was neither requested nor authorised by the claimants".[128]
    • MSPs vote 66–29 to approve the £68bn 2026 Scottish budget, which includes changes to income tax rates and levies on properties.[129]
    • Former leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Douglas Ross, is banned from Holyrood for a day for questioning the impartiality of the Presiding Officer.[130]
  • 26 February –
  • 27 February –
    • Reform UK contacts Greater Manchester Police over reports of "family voting" (where family members enter a polling booth and collude or discuss with or influence others over how to vote) at the Gorton and Denton by-election.[133]
    • A number of Christian groups have expressed their disgust that Reform UK were allowed to use the Assembly Hall of Church House for a press conference in which Nigel Farage announced his frontbench team. The groups say Reform's immigration policy is against Church teachings and beliefs.[134]
  • 28 February – Labour MP Josh Simons resigns as Cabinet Office minister, following allegations that his former think tank investigated the background of journalists.[135]

March

  • 1 March –
    • Former Labour Party MP Jonathan Ashworth reveals he is recovering from a stroke he experienced on New Year's Day.[136]
    • The Green Party hits 200,000 members for the first time, after winning the Gorton and Denton by-election. Commenting on the rise, leader Zack Polanski said it ‘proves that the future of progressive politics belongs to the Greens’.[137][138]
  • 2 March –
  • 3 March –
  • 4 March –
    • Sally Donald, an SNP candidate in the forthcoming Scottish Parliament election, stands down after it emerges she is being investigated for benefit fraud.[143]
    • Former Labour mayor of Newham Sir Robin Wales and ex-councillor Clive Furness join Reform UK.[144]
  • 5 March –
    • Joani Reid voluntarily suspends herself from the Labour Party following her husband's arrest the previous day on suspicion of spying for China.[145]
    • Electoral Commission figures show Reform UK received £5.4m in donations in the final three months of 2025, more than Labour and the Conservatives.[146]
  • 6 March –
    • Markus Campbell-Savours, who was suspended from the Labour Party in December for voting against planned changes to inheritance tax for farmers, has the Labour whip restored.[147]
    • Peter Gummer, Baron Chadlington is to resign from the Conservative Party and the House of Lords after an investigation concluded he breached the Lords code of conduct over his role in assisting a subsidiary of a company he chaired to secure contracts to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic, and recommends he is suspended from parliament for a year.[148]
    • Police are investigating death threats against Green Party deputy leader Mothin Ali following claims he attended a pro-Iranian demonstration.[149]
    • Labour's Julie Griffiths wins a by-election for the Murton seat on Durham County Council, taking the seat back from Reform UK, which won it in 2025.[150]
  • 8 March – Kenny MacAskill announces that the Alba Party will be wound down due to its "dire financial plight".[151]
  • 9 March – Warwickshire County Council's Green Party members have asked for a vote of no confidence in Reform UK's George Finch, the UK's youngest council leader, after accusing him of bringing the authority "into disrepute" and "[abusing] the office of leader". Finch dismisses the attempt as a "political stunt".[152]
  • 10 March –
    • The Courts and Tribunals Bill, which would restrict the use of juries in criminal trials, passes its first House of Commons vote, with MPs voting 304-203 in favour.[153]
    • MPs vote to reject a House of Lords proposal for an Australia-style ban on social media for under 16s.[154]
    • Reform Senedd member Laura Anne Jones is criticised for a speech in which she claimed rival parties had "entertained" the idea of children self-identifying as cats.[155]
    • Peers have voted to approve the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, which abolishes the remaining 90 hereditary peerages from the House of Lords.[156]
  • 11 March –
    • The Unite union votes to cut its Labour Party affiliation fee by 40%.[157]
    • Andrea Manson resigns as convener of Shetland Islands Council two weeks after being banned as a company director over unpaid tax.[158]
  • 12 March –
    • A review finds that Scottish Parliament staff have reported 84 cases of bullying, harassment or sexual harassment since 2021.[159]
    • The pay rise for members of the Stormont Assembly is confirmed.[160]
  • 13 March –
    • Starmer holds a summit with Taoiseach Micheál Martin in Cork, where he says the Iran war has increased the importance of good relations between the UK and Ireland.[161]
    • Following Worcestershire County Council's decision to approve a 9% rise in council tax, Farage says he wishes Reform UK "hadn't bothered" to form a minority administration there, because of its financial problems.[162]
  • 17 March –
    • Addressing around 60 parliamentarians at Westminster, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky describes the Iranian and Russian regimes as "brothers in hatred" as he warns about the dangers of drone warfare.[163]
    • MSPs vote 69–57 against legalising assisted dying in Scotland.[164][165]
    • Councillor George Finch survives a vote of no confidence by one vote after Warwickshire County Councillors vote 27–26 against a motion proposed by the Green Party.[166]
    • Unite the Union is fined £265,000 for breaching an injunction during the Birmingham bin strike by "slow walking" in front of waste lorries near depots.[167]
    • Senedd members vote 39–10 to ban greyhound racing in Wales, but the legislation could face a legal challenge after it emerges civil servants warned there was not enough evidence to justify a ban.[168]
    • The Senedd votes to make it illegal to lie during election campaigns, with the legislation expected to become law in 2030.[169]
    • Angela Rayner makes a speech critical of the Labour government.[170]
  • 18 March –
  • 19 March –
  • 20 March –

April

  • 1 April – MPs' basic annual salary will rise by 5% to £98,599.[186]

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

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