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Advance UK News Diary

April 7-13: New global tariffs in force, King and Queen visit Italy, and Starmer grilled by Liaison Committee

April 4, 2025
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A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News. Delivered to your inbox on Fridays.

Leading the week 

Monday (April 7): EU trade ministers meet following US tariffs announcement.

Tuesday (April 8): King Charles and Queen Camilla begin State Visit to Italy; Court of Appeal hears Prince Harry’s challenge over police protection; Keir Starmer questioned by Liaison Committee. 

Wednesday (April 9): US reciprocal tariffs come into effect for the EU and countries including China, South Korea, Japan and India; King Charles addresses joint session of Italian parliament. 

Thursday (April 10): ‘Coalition of the Willing’ defence ministers meet in Brussels; China implements 34% tariffs on US goods; The Masters begins. 

Friday (April 11): Monthly UK GDP estimate; UK convenes Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting in Brussels; Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu expected to appear in court. 

Saturday (April 12): Chelsea play Liverpool in Women’s FA Cup semi-final; Presidential election in Gabon following 2023 military coup. 

Sunday (April 13): EU introduces counter-measures to US tariffs; Manchester United play Manchester City in Women’s FA Cup semi-final; Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race. 

Keir Starmer sits in front of a UK flag
Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street

 

Also look out for...

April 7

Silvertown Tunnel opens 

Emmanuel Macron visits Egypt 

April 8

Wes Streeting at committee session on NHS reorganisation 

Birmingham Council meets amid month-long bin strike 

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer makes Senate committee appearance 

Louisiana deportation hearing for Mahmoud Khalil 

April 9

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at ABA Washington Summit 

M23 rebels and DRC government expected to hold talks in Doha 

Honduras hosts summit of CELAC leaders 

20 years ago: King Charles and Queen Camilla married 

April 10

King Charles and Queen Camilla visit Ravenna 

ECJ opinion on Italian plan to relocate asylum-seekers to Albania 

Taiwan holds urban resilience exercises 

April 11

Antalya Diplomacy Forum opens 

EU finance ministers hold informal meeting 

Sam Altman speaks at TED2025 

80 years ago: Buchenwald liberated 

April 12

Mass wedding ceremony in South Korea 

Premier League uses semi-automated offside technology 

Passover begins 

April 13

Presidential runoff in Ecuador 

The Masters final 

F1 Bahrain Grand Prix 

Vatican hosts Palm Sunday Mass as Pope Francis continues recovery

Key statistics, reports and results

April 7

Halifax House Price Index 

WHO report on maternal mortality 

April 8

Ember Global Electricity Review 

April 9

Final DWP statistics on Cold Weather Payments to March 2025 

India interest rate decision 

US Fed minutes 

Results from: Delta Airlines 

April 10

NHS key services data, including for A&E and waiting times 

HMICFRS PEEL reports on Cleveland and Dorset Police 

IHS Markit/REC report on jobs 

RICS Residential Market Survey 

US and China consumer price indices 

Ifo quarterly economic forecast 

NOAA monthly global climate report 

Results from: Tesco 

April 11

UK overseas trade figures 

UK index of services 

US consumer sentiment index 

BRC Footfall Monitor 

Results from: Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, BNY Mellon, Blackrock 

 


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