A Look Back At
Born in 2021
What Was Life Like in 2021?
Who Was in Charge?
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Monarch
Elizabeth II
What Things Cost
Pint of Beer
£4.10
Loaf of Bread
£1.60
Petrol (per litre)
135p
Average House
£254,822
Weekly Wage
£920.00
Value of Money
£1 in 2021 would be worth approximately £1.00 in today's money.
Events of 2021 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2021 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 21 March – Census 2021 is conducted in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The population of England and Wales is recorded as 59,597,300, a rise of 6.3% over the previous decade.
- 6 May – 2021 London mayoral election: Sadiq Khan wins a second term, but with a reduced vote share.
- 6 May – 2021 Scottish Parliament election: The SNP wins 64 seats out of 129. With the SNP and Scottish Greens both gaining seats, pro-independence parties have an increased majority in the Parliament.
- 13 June – GB News, a new TV channel aimed at right-leaning viewers, is launched on Freeview, Freesat, Sky, YouView and Virgin Media.
- 13 August – Boris Johnson chairs a COBRA meeting to discuss the Taliban offensive in Afghanistan.
- 18 August – Parliament is recalled from its summer recess to discuss the situation in Afghanistan following the fall of Kabul to the Taliban.
- 15 September – The UK joins AUKUS, a trilateral security pact with Australia and the United States, to counter the influence of China.
- 26 November – COVID-19 in the UK: Amid international concerns over B.1.1.529, a highly mutated variant of COVID-19 that appears more infectious than Delta, six countries in Southern Africa are placed on the UK's travel red list.
Popular Toys & Games
- Squishmallows
- Pop It!
- Pokémon Cards (boom)
UK No. 1 on 1 January 2021
Last Christmas
Wham!