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1 point for timeliness; In theory, the Premonitions Bureau would be a repository for "mass premonitions" to detect patterns which might suggest a possible date, nature, or place of an upcoming disaster. [7] During its first year, the bureau collected 469 predictions. [7]
The next general election must be held no later than 15 August 2029 under the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022. The Act mandates that any Parliament automatically dissolves five years after it first met – unless it is dissolved earlier at the request of the prime minister – and polling day occurs no more than 25 working days ...
The rate of inflation was predicted to be 9.1% in 2022 and 7.4% in 2023. Unemployment was expected to rise from 3.6% to 4.9% by 2024. [18] The OBR also forecast that disposable income would fall by 7.1% over the next two years, taking it to its lowest level since records began in 1956–57, and reducing incomes to 2013 levels. [21]
This Christian historian revised his prediction from the year 500 to 800. [21] 799–806 Gregory of Tours: This French bishop calculated the end would occur between 799 and 806. [22] 847 Thiota: This Christian declared in 847 that the world would end that year, though later confessed the prediction was fraudulent and was publicly flogged. [23 ...
The 2022 Welsh local elections are contested under new boundaries. This is the first time Welsh councils can choose between the first-past-the-post system and a proportional single transferable vote (STV) system, but councils need to give advance notice of such a change.
Under the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022, the prime minister has the power to request the monarch call an election at any time during the five-year length of a parliamentary session. If the prime minister chooses not to do this, then parliament is automatically dissolved five years after the day it first met, [ 21 ] and a ...
The UK government announces a scheme that will freeze wholesale gas and electricity prices for businesses for six months from 1 October. [175] 22 September – The UK government reverses the ban on fracking in the UK. [176] UK interest rates rise from 1.75 to 2.25%, the biggest increase in 27 years, as the Bank of England attempts to curb ...
1 November 2021 – 13 April 2022: Somalia, House of the People [91] 24–29 January: Italy, President [92] 26 January: Nepal, National Assembly; 5 February: Algeria, Council of the Nation [93] 13 February: Germany, President [94] 3 March: Armenia, President [95] 10 March: Hungary, President [96] 8 May: Hong Kong, Chief Executive [97]