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Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

  • 19 July – The government announces that a rise in the State Pension age to 68 will be phased in between 2037 and 2039, rather than from 2044 as was originally planned. This will affect 6 million men and women currently aged between 39 and 47 years old.[35]
  • 20 July – Sir Vince Cable becomes the new leader of the Liberal Democrats after nominations close without any challengers.[36]
  • 22 July – Michelle Brown, UKIP member of the Welsh Assembly for north Wales, admits and apologises for using a racial slur in a telephone conversation, after her former assistant Nigel Williams released a recording of the call.[37]
  • 26 July – The Supreme Court rules that employment tribunal fees are unlawful, meaning the government will have to repay up to £32m to claimants.[38]

August

September

  • 11 September – In a Commons vote, MPs back the EU Withdrawal Bill by 326 to 290, as critics warn it represents a "power grab" by ministers.[42]

October

  • 2 October – Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns attacks First Minister Carwyn Jones in a speech, accusing him of being "obsessed with power".[43]

November

  • 1 November
    • Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon resigns following allegations of inappropriate past behaviour.[44]
    • The Government loses an opposition vote calling on it to publish impact assessments of Brexit on more than 50 key industries.[45]
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  • 3 November – Welsh Assembly minister Carl Sargeant is suspended by the Labour Party pending an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct.[48] He is found dead four days later, having killed himself.[49]
  • 7 November – Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister, apologises to gay men convicted of sexual offences that are no longer illegal as new legislation is introduced that will automatically pardon gay and bisexual men convicted under historical laws.[50]
  • 13 November – David Davis announces that Parliament will be given a vote on the final Brexit deal before the United Kingdom leaves the European Union in 2019.[51]
  • 17 November – Sarah Clarke, current championship director of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, is appointed as the first female Black Rod. She will take up the position in January 2018, and have the title "The Lady Usher of the Black Rod".[52]
  • 18 November
  • 22 November – Chancellor Phillip Hammond delivers the November 2017 budget.

December

  • 3 December – Alan Milburn and the entire Social Mobility Commission quit their roles, citing ‘lack of political leadership’, a repeated refusal to properly resource and staff the commission, an obsession with Brexit and an ‘absence’ of policy.[55][56]
  • 8 December – The United Kingdom and European Union reach agreement on the first stage of Brexit.[57]
  • 13 December – After a rebellion by Conservative MPs, the government is defeated in a key vote on Brexit, with MPs voting in favour of giving Parliament a say on the final deal struck with the EU.[58]
  • 14 December – The Scottish government's budget proposes splitting the 20% income tax band into three with a new lower band of 19%, a 20% band, and a 21% band for those earning over £24,000.[59]
  • 20 December – The EU announces that the UK's Brexit transition period will end no later than 31 December 2020.[60]

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