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Advance UK News Diary

May 12-18: New Pope inaugurated, Immigration White Paper expected, and first quarter GDP

May 9, 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 

One to watch: the government’s Immigration White Paper is expected to be published early next week, though the publication date is still to be confirmed. 

Monday (May 12): Sentencing for six Bulgarians convicted of spying for Russia in the UK; Opening statements in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial. 

Tuesday (May 13): Donald Trump begins visits to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE; High Court begins four-day hearing on challenge to UK arms sales to Israel. 

Wednesday (May 14): NATO foreign ministers hold informal meeting in Turkey. 

Thursday (May 15): UK Q1 GDP; EU-US trade relations discussed at EU trade ministers’ meeting; US Supreme Court hears arguments in birthright citizenship EO challenge. 

Friday (May 16): Remaining stages of the assisted dying bill; Albania hosts European Political Community summit; Sentencing for man guilty of attempting to murder Salman Rushdie. 

Saturday (May 17): Men’s FA Cup final; Eurovision grand final; Iraq hosts Arab League summit. 

Sunday (May 18): Inauguration of new Pope Leo XIV; Elections in Romania, Portugal and Poland; Women’s FA Cup final. 

Mirror and Daily Express newspapers sit next to each other on a newsstand, featuring splash headlines about assisted dying. The Mirror reads: MPs back assisted dying. The Daily Express reads: Now future generations will be spared ordeal we suffer
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Also look out for...

May 12

Border security bill back in the Commons 

Steve Reed meets with US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins 

Supreme Court rules in case of British-Moroccan woman challenging citizenship removal 

Second legs in the Championship playoff semifinals 

May 13

Rachel Reeves attends EBRD annual meeting 

Assisted dying bill debate in the Scottish Parliament 

Verdict due in Gérard Depardieu’s sexual assault trial 

Cannes film festival opens 

May 14

Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch face off at PMQs 

Police vetting reforms come into effect 

Robert F Kennedy Jr testifies at House and Senate hearings 

NATO chiefs of defence meet in Brussels  

May 15

Lord Timpson addresses prison officers’ conference 

Parole hearing continues for Colin Pitchfork 

US PGA Championship begins 

75th FIFA Congress 

May 16

Jeffrey Donaldson in court on sexual offences charges 

Welsh Conservative Party Conference 

Gatwick Airport staff strike action begins  

FAO publishes global report on food crises

May 17

Statement on assisted dying expected from Church of Scotland general assembly 

Nakba 77 demonstrations in London 

Snoop Dogg delivers USC Marshall commencement address 

May 18

Formula One Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 

US PGA Championship final 

Key statistics, reports and results

May 12

WHO State of the World's Nursing report 

Charities Aid Foundation Local Giving report 

OECD report on export restrictions on industrial raw materials 

NOAA monthly global climate report 

IHS Markit/REC report on jobs 

Results from: Fox 

May 13

UK unemployment and wage figures 

US consumer price index 

BRC retail sales monitor 

EBRD growth forecasts for emerging economies 

Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) 

Results from: Honda, Nissan, Tata Motors (Jaguar Land Rover), Bayer AG, SoftBank, Olympus 

May 14

Climate Change Committee report on Wales’ carbon budget 

IEA Global Electric Vehicle Outlook 2025 

HMICFRS PEEL reports on Essex, Lincolnshire, Northumbria and West Mercia police 

OPEC monthly oil markets report 

Results from: Daimler, Porsche, E.ON, Tencent Holdings, Sony, Compass Group 

May 15

Quarterly figures on knife crime 

UK productivity flash estimate 

Mortgage and landlord possession statistics 

NHS key services performance data 

Advance monthly retail sales (US) 

ISM semi-annual economic forecast (US) 

Flash estimate EU and euro area GDP 

OECD report on life for children in the digital age 

Results from: Walmart, Alibaba, Metro AG, AMAT, National Grid, ThyssenKrupp, RWE, Siemens 

May 16

HMICRFS report on the response to organised immigration crime 

Japan Q1 GDP  

Volkswagen AGM 

Results from: Swiss Re 

May 18

Israel Q1 GDP 

 


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