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Advance UK News Diary

May 19-25: UK-EU Summit, immigration stats, and Lineker’s last MOTD

May 16, 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 (May 19): Keir Starmer hosts EU-UK Summit in London before expected address at PLP meeting; Jonathan Hall KC lecture on terrorism and national security. 

Tuesday (May 20): G7 finance ministers and central bank governors meet; Treasury Committee grills major bank CEOs; Chelsea Flower Show opens. 

Wednesday (May 21): UK inflation data; Donald Trump hosts Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House amid Afrikaner refugee controversy; Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur contest UEFA Europa League final. 

Thursday (May 22): Statistics on immigration and international migration; Matt Hancock and Patrick Vallance give evidence at the Covid-19 inquiry; England begins test match against Zimbabwe. 

Friday (May 23): Retail sales figures; Sotheby’s auctions Shakespeare’s Four Folios. 

Saturday (May 24): Donald Trump delivers West Point Military Academy commencement address; Arsenal face Barcelona in UEFA Women’s Champions League final; Sunderland take on Sheffield United in Championship Playoff final. 

Sunday (May 25): Pope Leo XIV installed as Bishop of Rome; Gary Lineker hosts final episode of Match of the Day after Premier League season ends; French Open begins. 

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd
Marco Iacobucci Epp / Shutterstock

 

Also look out for...

May 19

House of Commons debate on gender e-petition 

Satya Nadella addresses Microsoft Build developer conference 

European Commission launches Spring economic forecast 

78th World Health Assembly begins 

May 20

Nick Clegg in conversation at the IfG 

Elon Musk delivers virtual address at Qatar Economic Forum

Ukraine discussed at EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting 

Google I/O 

May 21

Supreme Court judgment in Dartmoor wild camping case 

Pope Leo XIV holds first general audience

Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning released in the UK 

Kermit the Frog delivers University of Maryland commencement address 

May 22

Huw Pill speech on monetary policy at Austrian central bank conference 

Social Security Minister Stephen Timms speech on expanding economic activity 

Hay Festival begins 

Ivor Novello Awards 

May 23

JD Vance delivers Naval Academy commencement address  

Laurence Fox in court over ‘intimate’ photo 

European Rugby Challenge Cup final: Bath v Lyon 

Kneecap perform at Wide Awake Festival 

May 24

Pope Leo XIV meets with Roman Curia  

European Rugby Champions Cup final: Northampton v Bordeaux Begles 

Cannes Palme d'Or Award winner announced 

University & College Union (UCU) Congress begins 

May 25

First rail services nationalised as South Western Railway contract expires 

Trans rights protest in London 

Legislative and regional elections in Venezuela 

Formula One: Monaco Grand Prix  

Key statistics, reports and results

May 19

China monthly economic data 

Rightmove house price index 

EU inflation 

Results from: Ryanair 

May 20

ILO report on generative AI and the world of work 

Register of political donations 

Canada inflation 

China Loan Prime Rate announcement 

Australia interest rate decision

Shell AGM 

Results from: Vodafone, Home Depot, Greggs 

May 21

Climate Change Committee report on Scotland's carbon budget 

Private rent and house price statistics 

HMICFRS report on Gloucestershire Police child protection 

IEA Global Critical Minerals Outlook 

Indonesia interest rate decision 

Amazon annual shareholders’ meeting 

Results from: Marks & Spencer, SSE, Severn Trent, JD Sports, Currys, Target 

May 22

HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions 

UK dwelling stock 2024 

Trade union membership 2024 

NHS General Practice workforce figures 

Victorian Society annual list of endangered buildings 

Flash UK PMI 

Results from: BT, easyJet, British Land 

May 23

NHS bed availability and occupancy 

Statistics on young people not in education, employment or training (NEET)

Moody’s sovereign review of the UK 

GfK consumer confidence index 

Germany Q1 GDP (final) 

GfK UK Consumer Confidence Barometer 

 


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