2022 in the United Kingdom

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This year saw Boris Johnson resign as prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party, with Liz Truss being elected as his successor in September, before resigning in October and being succeeded by Rishi Sunak.

After 70 years on the throne, marked by her Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June, Queen Elizabeth II died on 8 September at the age of 96.

The Queen was succeeded by her son, Prince Charles.

Other significant events of the year included the UK's response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a record-breaking 40°C heatwave during the summer and nearly 25,000 wildfires,[1] and a cost of living crisis marked by high inflation and rising energy bills.

Protesters outside Downing Street on 13 April 2022
Sinn Féin leader Michelle O'Neill and other party officials at a campaign event in the run up to the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election which saw the party gain the most votes at a Northern Ireland election for the first time
Mount Snowdon beacon lit on 2 June to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubillee
RMT union members striking outside Network Rail property in Cambridge on 21 June 2022
Weather warnings in the UK on 18 July 2022
New Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister Liz Truss
The Queen dies peacefully at the age of 96, after 70 years on the throne
During its time in Edinburgh , the Queen's Coffin is taken from Holyrood palace to St Giles' Cathedral
New Leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister Rishi Sunak