A Look Back At

Born in 2024

What Was Life Like in 2024?

Who Was in Charge?

Prime Minister

Rishi Sunak

Monarch

Charles III

What Things Cost

Pint of Beer

£5.00

Loaf of Bread

£2.00

Petrol (per litre)

145p

Average House

£293,399

Weekly Wage

£1,085.00

Value of Money

£1 in 2024 would be worth approximately £1.00 in today's money.

Events of 2024 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2024 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 8 April – Westernmost parts of the UK experience a partial solar eclipse.
  • 20 April – Co-op Live, the UK's largest indoor arena seating 23,500 and costing £365m to build, opens in Manchester.
  • 4 May – 2024 London mayoral election: Labour's Sadiq Khan secures a third term as Mayor of London with 44% of the vote, beating the Conservative Susan Hall on 33%.
  • 4 July – The 2024 United Kingdom general election is held.
  • 19 July – Global IT outages: A major, worldwide IT outage caused by a faulty CrowdStrike update results in severe disruption to many sectors, including banking, healthcare, retail, telecommunications, and travel.
  • 20 August – King Charles travels to Southport to meet victims of the Southport attack.
  • 12 November – Samantha Harvey wins the Booker Prize for her novel Orbital.
  • 8 December – Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer welcomes the Fall of the Assad regime in Syria, which he describes as "barbaric", and calls for the restoration of "peace and stability".

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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