March 2022 in United Kingdom, Politics and Government

3 March

Paulette Hamilton wins the 2022 Birmingham Erdington by-election for Labour with 55.5% of the votes in a turnout of 27% of the electorate.

23 March

The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, delivers his Spring statement to the House, which includes a raising of the National Insurance threshold and a cut in fuel duty.

Main measures in the spring statement. A temporary cut in fuel duty of 5p per litre for 2022/23 (cost £2.4bn). An increase in the household support fund of £500m for 2022/23. An increase in the employment support allowance from £4,000 to £5,000 (cost £420m to £440m per year between 2022/23 and 2026/27).

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1062708/Spring_Statement_2022_Print.pdf

24 March

The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 is repealed after the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act receives royal assent, meaning that the Prime Minister will again be able to request the monarch to dissolve Parliament and call an early election, with 25 working days' notice.

30 March

Jamie Wallis comes out as the UK's first openly transgender MP.

Jamie Wallis has become the first MP to come out as trans, revealing he was diagnosed with gender dysphoria from a young age but wanted to show “how important it is to be yourself”.