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".
Popular Toys & Games
- Bluey Toys
- Squishmallows
- LEGO Fortnite
UK No. 1 on 1 January 2024
Last Christmas
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