2025 in the United Kingdom explained

Events from the year 2025 in the United Kingdom.

Events

Predicted and scheduled events

• 1 April – The cost of a TV licence is scheduled to increase by £5 to £174.50.^[1]
• 19 April – 5 May — 2025 World Snooker Championship^[2]
• 1 May – 2025 United Kingdom local elections^[3]
• 1 June – The sale of disposable vapes will be banned in England, Scotland, and Wales.^[4]
• 22 June – 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich
• 4 July – 9 August — Oasis' reunion tour Oasis Live '25 is set to take place across the UK and Ireland with 12 shows in the UK announced (14 in total), starting on 4 July in Cardiff and ending on 9 August in the UK in Edinburgh (The tour will finish in Dublin, Ireland on 17 August).^[5]
• 22 August – 27 September — 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup^{[6] [7]}
• 1 October – A ban on junk food advertising on British television before 9.00pm is scheduled to come into force.^[8]
• The United Kingdom is set to retire its part of the global circuit-switched public switched telephone network this year.^{[9] [10]}

See also

• Politics of the United Kingdom
• 2020s in United Kingdom political history

Notes and References

1. Web site: Steven . McIntosh . TV licence fee to rise by £5 to £174.50 in 2025 . 29 November 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 29 November 2024.
2. Web site: Cazoo World Championship 2025 Tickets. 7 May 2024.
3. Web site: Election timetable in England . 31 January 2024 . GOV.UK . en.
4. Web site: Christy . Cooney . Amy . Walker . Disposable vapes to be banned from June . 24 October 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 24 October 2024.
5. Web site: Chisholm . Johanna . Whitehead . Jamie . 27 August 2024 . Oasis reunite after 15 years to announce 2025 world tour . . London . 29 August 2024.
6. Web site: England to host women's Rugby World Cup in 2025. 12 May 2022. South Wales Guardian. 12 May 2022. 14 September 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230914111509/https://www.southwalesguardian.co.uk/sport/national/20133816.england-host-womens-rugby-world-cup-2025/. live.
7. Web site: Women's Rugby World Cup England 2025 confirms opening and closing venues . Sunderland City Council . 31 December 2023 . 25 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240525143630/https://www.sunderland.gov.uk/article/29810/Women-s-Rugby-World-Cup-England-2025-confirms-opening-and-closing-venues . live .
8. Web site: Alex . Boyd . Zahra . Fatima . TV junk food ads to be banned before 9pm from next year . 12 September 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 13 September 2024.
9. Web site: 25 January 2023 . UK transition from analogue to digital landlines . 14 October 2023 . GOV.UK . en.
10. Web site: Dawson . Chris . 29 August 2023 . UK PSTN switch off - Stop Sell 5 September 2023 . 14 October 2023 . ChannelX . en-GB.