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.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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