2023 in England

• 1 January – A visit by Thor the Walrus to Scarborough harbour, North Yorkshire overnight on New Year's Eve{{cite news |last=Port |first=Samuel |date=31 December 2022 |title=Walrus washes up on Scarborough Harbour with rescue teams urging crowds of 50 to 'stay away' |work=Yorkshire Live |location=Yorkshire |url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/walrus-washes-up-scarborough-harbour-25868669 |access-date=31 December 2022}} results in the town's New Year fireworks celebrations being cancelled to let the walrus rest for his journey to the Arctic.{{cite news |date=2 January 2023 |title=Scarborough's New Year fireworks cancelled to protect walrus |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-64139048}} He was previously spotted at Pagham Harbour, Calshot, Hampshire in December 2022.{{cite web |title=Thor the walrus: People urged not to disturb animal resting on Hampshire beach |url=https://news.sky.com/story/thor-the-walrus-people-urged-not-to-disturb-animal-resting-on-hampshire-beach-12766234 |access-date=11 December 2022 |website=Sky News}}
• 2 January – Thor the Walrus makes an appearance in Blyth, Northumberland.{{cite news |date=2 January 2023 |title=Thor the walrus arrives in Blyth after leaving Scarborough |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-64146530}}
• 7 January – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds talks with health leaders in England to discuss pressures facing the National Health Service.{{Cite news |date=7 January 2023 |title=PM Sunak welcomes 'valuable' talks with health leaders |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-64189116 |accessdate=7 January 2023}}
• 8 January – The government confirms plans to ban single-use items such as plastic cutlery, plates, and trays in England,{{Cite news |date=8 January 2023 |title=Single-use cutlery and plates to be banned in England |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64205460 |accessdate=8 January 2023}} with the ban subsequently announced to take effect from October.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64253130|title=Single-use plastic: Takeaways face ban in October|work=BBC News |date=14 January 2023|accessdate=14 January 2023}}
• 13 January
• Dennis McGrory, aged 75, is sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1975 murder of 15-year-old Jacqueline Montgomery following a trial at Huntingdon Crown Court. His conviction is the oldest murder case in England and Wales to involve the rule of double jeopardy.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64263303|title=Man jailed for life for murder in oldest double jeopardy case|work=BBC News |date=13 January 2023|accessdate=14 January 2023}}
• Following a trial at Hove Crown Court, Mark Brown, 41, of St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, is given two life sentences for the 2021 murders of Alexandra Morgan and Leah Ware.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-64213744|title=Mark Brown: 'Pure evil' killer gets life sentence for women's murders|work=BBC News |date=13 January 2023|accessdate=15 January 2023}}
• 14 January – Four women and two children are injured in a drive-by mass shooting close to a Catholic church in Euston Road, Euston, Central London.{{Cite news |date=14 January 2023 |title=Euston shooting: Girl, 7, and five others injured near church |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64277185 |access-date=15 January 2023}} A 22-year-old man is arrested two days later on suspicion of attempted murder.{{Cite news |date=16 January 2023 |title=Euston shooting: Attempted murder arrest after shooting left girl, 7, seriously injured |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64286160 |access-date=16 January 2023}}
• 15 January – Train passengers using the South West Main Line are warned to expect major disruptions after a section of the track north of Hook railway station in Hampshire collapsed due to a landslide.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-64283381|title=Hook landslip: London-Basingstoke rail passengers face major disruption|work=BBC News |date=15 January 2023|accessdate=22 January 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2023-01-17/hook-landslip-what-caused-it-and-how-long-will-it-take-to-fix|title=Hook landslip: What caused it and how long will it take to fix?|date=17 January 2023|website=ITV News|accessdate=22 January 2023}}
• 16 January – At London's Southwark Crown Court, former Metropolitan Police Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection officer David Carrick admits over 40 offences including over 20 rapes.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-64289461|title=Met Police officer David Carrick admits to being serial rapist|work=BBC News |date=16 January 2023|accessdate=22 January 2023}}
• 23 January – Salisbury Crown Court in Wiltshire convicts Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai, an Afghan who committed a double murder in Serbia before moving to the UK as an asylum seeker, by pretending to be a 14-year-old refugee, of a murder he committed in Bournemouth, Dorset, in 2022.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-64346826|title=Bournemouth e-scooter row: Man guilty of 'peacemaker' murder|work=BBC News |date=23 January 2023|accessdate=7 February 2023}}
• 25 January – Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai is sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 29 years for the March 2022 murder of Thomas Roberts.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/25/lawangeen-abdulrahimzai-jailed-life-murder-thomas-roberts|title=Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai jailed for life for the murder of Thomas Roberts in Dorset|first=Jamie|last=Grierson|date=25 January 2023|accessdate=7 February 2023|newspaper=The Guardian}}

• 4 February – Police investigating the disappearance of Nicola Bulley, who went missing on 27 January while walking her dog, believe she may have fallen into the River Wyre at St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-64515347|title=Nicola Bulley: Missing mother fell in river, police believe|work=BBC News |date=3 February 2023|accessdate=7 February 2023}}
• 7 February – David Carrick, one of the UK's most prolific sex offenders, is sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to 36 life sentences with a minimum term of 30 years imprisonment.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-64456086|title=Rapist ex-policeman David Carrick being sentenced|work=BBC News |date=7 February 2023|accessdate=7 February 2023}}
• 10 February –
• A large World War II bomb discovered in Great Yarmouth explodes as work is being carried out to defuse it, causing a blast that is heard for 15 miles.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-64604115|title=Great Yarmouth: Huge blast after unplanned WW2 bomb detonation|work=BBC News |date=10 February 2023|accessdate=10 February 2023}}
• During a demonstration in Knowsley, Merseyside, protesters clash with police outside a hotel that provides refuge for asylum seekers.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-64600806|title=Knowsley: Protesters clash outside Merseyside asylum seeker hotel|work=BBC News |date=10 February 2023|accessdate=10 February 2023}}
• 17 February –
• The £2 cap on bus fares in England is extended for three months until 30 June amid concerns some routes could be lost if it were to end.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64678990 |title=Bus £2 fare cap extended for three months |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=17 February 2023 |accessdate=17 February 2023}}
• Buckinghamshire Council approves proposals for an £800m expansion of Pinewood Studios near Iver Heath.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-64676914 |title=Pinewood Studios' £800m expansion approved by Buckinghamshire Council |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=17 February 2023 |accessdate=17 February 2023}}
• 19 February – Police searching for Nicola Bulley, missing since 27 January, say they have found a body in the River Wyre.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-64697300 |title=Nicola Bulley police find a body in river |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=19 February 2023 |accessdate=19 February 2023}}
• 20 February –
• Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announces the launch of a £130m scheme to give every primary school pupil in London free school meals during the 2023–24 academic year.{{cite web|first=Liz |last=Jackson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64677228 |title=Free school meals: London's mayor launches £130m scheme for primary pupils |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=20 February 2023 |accessdate=20 February 2023}}
• Junior doctors in England vote to strike in their ongoing dispute for a 26% pay rise, and will stage a 72-hour walkout. The British Medical Association maintaines junior doctors' pay has been cut by 26% since 2008 after inflation is considered.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64653488 |title=Junior doctors vote for strikes in England |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=20 February 2023 |accessdate=20 February 2023}}
• Lancashire Police confirm the body found in the River Wyre the previous day is that of Nicola Bulley.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-64708765 |title=Nicola Bulley: Body found in river confirmed as that of missing mum |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=20 February 2023 |accessdate=20 February 2023}}
• 21 February – A planned 48-hour strike by nurses is called off to allow the Royal College of Nursing and Department of Health and Social Care to enter into renewed negotiations. The BMA maintains that junior doctor's pay has been cut by 26% since 2008 after inflation is considered.{{cite web|first=Nick |last=Triggle |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64722953 |title=Nurses in England to suspend 48-hour strike |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=21 February 2023 |accessdate=21 February 2023}}
• The UK Government recommends a 3.5% pay rise for public sector workers in England, below the rate of inflation.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64725008 |title=Government recommends 3.5% pay rise for nurses and other workers |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=21 February 2023 |accessdate=21 February 2023}}
• 22 February – Following a trial at Winchester Crown Court, Shaye Grove, 27, a woman obsessed with serial killers, is sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 23 years for the murder of her boyfriend, who she stabbed to death in July 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-64720003 |title=Serial killer fan Shaye Groves jailed for murdering boyfriend |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=22 February 2023 |accessdate=22 February 2023}}
• 23 February – Figures produced by the Office for National Statistics show school absences in England remain above their pre-COVID levels, with 25.1% of pupils regularly absent during the autumn term of 2022 compared to 13.1% in autumn 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-64747813 |title=Pupil absences remain above pre-Covid levels |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=23 February 2023 |accessdate=23 February 2023}}
• 24 February – The British Medical Association announces that junior doctors in England will begin a three-day strike on 13 March.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64758661 |title=Junior doctors to strike in England on 13 to 15 March |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=24 February 2023 |accessdate=24 February 2023}}

• 3 March –
• The GMB and Unison unions have called off ambulance strikes in England scheduled for 6 and 8 March after the UK government agrees to reopen talks on pay for the 2022–23 and 2023–24 financial years.{{cite web|first=Jim |last=Reed |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64839818 |title=Two unions suspend ambulance strikes in England as talks reopen |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=3 March 2023 |accessdate=3 March 2023}}
• Following a trial at Luton Crown Court, four people are jailed for their part in a robbery that went wrong during which their victim, Saul Murray, was stabbed after being given the drug GHB in an attempt to knock him out. Ikem Affia is sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, with a minimum of 25 years, while the three other gang members are given lesser sentences for manslaughter.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-64836258 |title=Luton fake Rolexes killing: Four jailed over death of Saul Murray |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=3 March 2023 |accessdate=4 March 2023}} The gang were caught after one of them was captured on CCTV wearing a rare Moncler coat worth £1,000, of which only 69 had been sold in the UK.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-64827791 |title=Saul Murray: Rare designer coat helped snare killer, say police |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=4 March 2023 |accessdate=4 March 2023}}
• 5 March – The Unite union calls off ambulance strikes scheduled for 6 and 8 March.{{cite web|first=Nick |last=Edser |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64857174 |title=Ambulance strikes: Unite union suspends action in England – BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=5 March 2023 |accessdate=5 March 2023}}
• 8 March – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) approves the use of the weight loss drug semaglutide (marketed as Wegovy) by the NHS in England.{{cite web|first=Annabel |last=Rackham |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64874243 |title=Weight loss drug semaglutide approved for NHS use |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=8 March 2023 |accessdate=8 March 2023}}
• 13 March – The Unite union calls off a planned strike by bus drivers at National Express West Midlands scheduled for 16 March after receiving a revised pay offer, which is to be put to members.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-64945474 |title=National Express strike called off in West Midlands |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=13 March 2023 |accessdate=13 March 2023}}
• 16 March –
• NHS staff in England, including nurses and ambulance staff, are offered a 5% pay rise from April along with a one-off payment of £1,655 to cover backdated pay. The offer does not include doctors, who are on a different contract.{{cite web|first=Nick |last=Triggle |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64977269 |title=NHS 5% pay offer may end bitter dispute in England |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=16 March 2023 |accessdate=16 March 2023}}
• Bus drivers at National Express West Midlands call a fresh strike for Monday 20 March after Unite claims National Express would not allow them to vote on the latest pay offer.{{cite news|url=https://www.itv.com/news/central/2023-03-16/west-midlands-bus-strike-back-on-as-union-clashes-with-national-express |title=West Midlands bus strike back on after National Express accused of 'union busting' |publisher=ITV |work=ITV News |date=16 March 2023 |accessdate=16 March 2023}}
• 20 March – An indefinite strike by bus drivers at National Express West Midlands begins, affecting 93% of bus services in Birmingham. National Express operates a limited service to serve major hospitals in the area, and warns people not to travel by bus unless absolutely necessary.{{cite news|url=https://www.itv.com/news/central/2023-03-20/bus-passengers-face-chaos-as-national-express-drivers-begin-strike |title=Bus services at standstill as National Express West Midlands drivers begin indefinite strike action |publisher=ITV |work=ITV News |date=20 March 2023 |accessdate=21 March 2023}}
• 23 March –
• The British Medical Association announces that junior doctors in England will stage a four-day strike from 11 to 15 April in their continued quest for a 35% pay rise.{{cite web|first=Nick |last=Triggle |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65052816 |title=Four-day junior doctor strike set for April |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=23 March 2023 |accessdate=23 March 2023}}
• Harry Kane becomes the England national football team's all-time record scorer with 54 goals in 81 appearances, after scoring a penalty in a 1–2 win against Italy in UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying.{{cite news |last= Hytner |first= David |date= 23 March 2023 |title= Harry Kane becomes England's all-time record scorer in qualifier win over Italy |url= https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/mar/23/italy-england-euro-2024-qualifying-group-c-match-report |work= The Guardian |access-date= 24 March 2023}}{{cite news |date= 23 March 2023 |title= Harry Kane breaks Wayne Rooney's all-time England goalscoring record |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64945178?at_medium=RSS |work= BBC Sport |access-date= 24 March 2023}}
• 24 March – Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, is fined £2,000 for speeding along a motorway at 78 mph in July 2022. He also receives three points on his driving licence.{{cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/andy-burnham-slapped-hefty-fine-26556762|title=Andy Burnham slapped with hefty fine and six points for speeding on the M62|first=John|last=Scheerhout|date=24 March 2023|website=Manchester Evening News|accessdate=25 March 2023}}
• 25 March –
• London City Hall bans its staff from using TikTok on all its official devices.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65068651 |title=TikTok banned on all London City Hall devices amid security concerns |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=25 March 2023 |accessdate=25 March 2023}}
• Bus drivers belonging to the Unite union vote to accept a 16.2% pay rise from National Express West Midlands, ending the week-long strike staged by bus drivers in the West Midlands.{{cite web|first=Vanessa |last=Pearce |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-65076481 |title=West Midlands National Express bus drivers vote to accept 16.2% pay deal |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=25 March 2023 |accessdate=25 March 2023}}
• 26 March – A major incident is declared at Poole Harbour following a leak of 200 barrels of reservoir fluid, including oil, into the water.{{cite web|first=Maria |last=Zaccaro |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-65081094 |title=Major incident at Poole Harbour after 200-barrel fluid leak |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=26 March 2023 |accessdate=26 March 2023}}
• 27 March – The National Education Union urges teachers to vote against the latest government pay offer for England, raising the prospect of fresh strikes.{{cite web|first=Vanessa |last=Clarke |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-65037422 |title=Teachers' strikes: NEU urges teachers to reject new pay deal |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=27 March 2023 |accessdate=27 March 2023}}
• 30 March – It is announced that COVID-19 testing in England is to be further scaled back from April. Staff and patients in hospitals will no longer be routinely swab tested for the virus, with staff only tested if they are in contact with immunocompromised patients.{{cite web|first=Michelle |last=Roberts |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65127635 |title=Covid testing scaled back further in England |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=30 March 2023 |accessdate=30 March 2023}}

• 2 April – The Birmingham Walkathon returns to the city for the first time since 2013. The event, originally organised by Birmingham radio station BRMB, is organised for its 2023 staging by former BRMB director David Bagley and charity Help Harry Help Others.{{cite web|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/hundreds-hit-streets-birminghams-much-26614803 |title=Hundreds hit the streets as Birmingham's much-loved walkathon is back |first=Ben |last=Perrin |date=2 April 2023 |work=Birmingham Mail |accessdate=2 April 2023}}
• 3 April –
• NHS England launches its spring booster campaign, which will see around five million people, including those aged over 75 or classed as clinically vulnerable, receive a COVID-19 booster vaccine.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65138237 |title=Covid booster vaccine available for most vulnerable |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=31 March 2023 |accessdate=1 April 2023}}
• The National Education Union announces two further strike dates in England on 27 April and 2 May, stating that the offer from the pay UK government is unacceptable, not fully funded, and does not address a shortage of teachers.{{cite web|first=Vanessa |last=Clarke |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-65037421 |title=More strikes planned as teachers reject pay offer |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=3 April 2023 |accessdate=3 April 2023}}
• Environment Minister Therese Coffey confirms government plans to ban wet wipes containing plastic in England as a means of helping to tackle water pollution.{{cite web|first1=Georgina |last1=Rannard |first2=Justin |last2=Rowlatt |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65166859 |title=Plastic wet wipes ban planned in England to tackle pollution |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=3 April 2023 |accessdate=4 April 2023}}
• The new England women's national football team kit is unveiled, and it is confirmed they will wear blue shorts at the 2023 World Cup. The change has been made amid period concerns.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65160447 |title=New England kit for Women's World Cup has blue shorts because of period concerns |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=3 April 2023 |accessdate=3 April 2023}}
• 4 April – Members of the Association of School and College Leaders overwhelmingly reject the UK government's 4.3% pay offer for teachers in England.{{cite web|url=https://educationbusinessuk.net/news/04042023/ascl-members-reject-government%E2%80%99s-pay-offer |title=ASCL members reject government's pay offer |publisher=Education Business |date=4 April 2023 |accessdate=8 April 2023}}
• 5 April –
• Twenty one people are convicted over the largest child sex abuse case ever investigated by West Midlands Police.{{cite web|first=Phil |last=Mackie |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-65189785 |title=Twenty-one convicted in West Midlands child sex abuse inquiry |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=5 April 2023 |accessdate=5 April 2023}}
• The National Association of Head Teachers becomes the third teaching union to reject the UK government's 4.3% pay offer for teachers in England.{{cite web|url=https://educationbusinessuk.net/news/05042023/naht-becomes-third-union-reject-government-pay-offer#:~:text=NAHT%20has%20become%20the%20third,teachers%20and%20leaders%20next%20year |title=NAHT becomes third union to reject government pay offer |publisher=Education Business |date=5 April 2023 |accessdate=8 April 2023}}
• 6 April –
• The new England women's national football team home kit is worn for its inaugural match as England participates in the 2023 Women's Finalissima against Brazil.
• At Wembley Stadium, England beat Brazil 4–2 in a penalty shootout to win their first Finalissima.{{cite web|first=Emma |last=Sanders |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65193111 |title=England beat Brazil on penalties to win Finalissima |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Sport |date=6 April 2023 |accessdate=6 April 2023}}
• 8 April – The NASUWT is to ballot its members on strike action after 87% of those who voted rejected the government's pay offer for teachers in England, which the union says fails to address concerns over pay and conditions.{{cite web|first=Emma |last=Harrison |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-65220950 |title=Fourth teaching union NASUWT rejects pay offer |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=8 April 2023 |accessdate=8 April 2023}}
• 11 April – Junior doctors in England begin a four-day strike.{{cite web|first1=Nadeem |last1=Badshah |first2=Tobi |last2=Thomas |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/11/junior-doctors-in-england-begin-four-day-strike-over-pay |title=Junior doctors in England begin four-day strike over pay |work=The Guardian |date=11 April 2023 |accessdate=11 April 2023}}
• 14 April –
• Two police officers are dismissed from the Metropolitan Police over offensive WhatsApp messages, some of them including offensive comments about model Katie Price's son, Harvey.{{cite web|first1=Adriana |last1=Elgueta |first2=Liz |last2=Jackson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65274794 |title=Met Police officers sacked over Katie Price son messages |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=14 April 2023 |accessdate=14 April 2023}}
• The Royal College of Nursing rejects a pay offer for nurses in England and announces a 48-hour strike from 8pm on 30 April to 8pm on 2 May.{{cite web|first1=Philippa |last1=Roxby |first2=Michelle |last2=Roberts |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65275362 |title=RCN nurses to strike on May bank holiday in England as pay offer rejected |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=14 April 2023 |accessdate=14 April 2023}}
• UNISON confirms its members working for the NHS have voted unanimously to accept a 5% pay offer from the UK government.{{cite web|first=Daniel |last=Keane |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/nhs-unison-strike-government-pay-accept-b1074242.html |title=NHS workers in Unison vote to accept government pay offer |publisher=Evening Standard |date=14 April 2023 |accessdate=14 April 2023}}
• Following a trial at Derby Crown Court, Stephen Boden and partner Shannon Marsden are convicted of the murder of their ten-month-old son Finley Boden on Christmas Day 2020, 39 days after he had been returned to them by social services.{{cite web|first1=George |last1=Torr |first2=Navtej |last2=Johal |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-65188675 |title=Finley Boden: Parents murdered baby placed back into their care |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=14 April 2023 |accessdate=14 April 2023}}
• 15 April –
• Merseyside Police say that 118 people have been arrested at Aintree Racecourse after protestors delay the start of the 2023 Grand National. The race, which is delayed by 14 minutes, is won by Corach Rambler, ridden by Derek Fox.{{cite web |last=Skelton |first=Jack |date=15 April 2023 |title=Grand National: 118 people arrested over protests that delayed start of Aintree race |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/65285510 |accessdate=15 April 2023 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC}}
• Shaun Slater, a Bromley councillor who tweeted that it was "more likely" a rape victim was a prostitute whose "punter... didn't pay", is expelled from the Conservative Party.{{cite web|first=Joe |last=Coughlan |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65285105 |title=Rape tweet Conservative Shaun Slator expelled from party |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=15 April 2023 |accessdate=15 April 2023}}
• 16 April – Around 600 Amazon workers based in Coventry and belonging to the GMB trade union begin a three-day strike over pay.{{cite web|first=Maisie |last=Olah |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-65291801 |title=Amazon strike: Hundreds of workers in Coventry walk out in pay dispute |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=16 April 2023 |accessdate=16 April 2023}}
• 17 April – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces a review of the "core maths content" taught in England's schools, with the establishment of a panel to conduct the review.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65293430 |title=Rishi Sunak sets up review to tackle 'anti-maths mindset' |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=17 April 2023 |accessdate=17 April 2023}}
• 24 April – The publishers of Big Issue North announce it is to cease publication in May, citing rising costs and reduced footfall in town centres.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-65378632 |title=Big Issue North to cease production in May |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=24 April 2023 |accessdate=24 April 2023}}
• 25 April – South West Water implements a hosepipe ban for large parts of Devon in an attempt to replenish water levels at the Roadford Reservoir ahead of the summer.{{cite web|first1=Brodie |last1=Owen |first2=Andrew |last2=Segal |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-65375080 |title=South West Water hosepipe ban extends to 390,000 more homes |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=25 April 2023 |accessdate=25 April 2023}}
• 26 April –
• West Midlands Police launch a murder inquiry after a man is stabbed near Queensbridge School in Kings Heath. The next day 2 People are arrested.{{Cite news |date=2023-04-26 |title=Kings Heath: Murder inquiry after man stabbed |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-65397244 |access-date=2023-04-26}}
• The Royal College of Midwives announces that its members have voted to accept the government's pay offer for NHS workers in England.{{cite web|first=Rachel |last=Russell |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65406736 |title=NHS strikes: Midwives in England accept NHS pay offer |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=26 April 2023 |accessdate=26 April 2023}}
• 28 April –
• Members of the Unite union, mostly ambulance workers and junior healthcare staff, reject the UK government's 5% pay offer for NHS workers in England. The offer is rejected by around half of the 55% who voted.{{cite web|first1=Smitha |last1=Mundasad |first2=Nick |last2=Triggle |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65425285 |title=Unite union votes to reject NHS pay offer |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=28 April 2023 |accessdate=28 April 2023}}
• The 5% NHS England pay offer is backed by the GMB union.{{cite web|first1=Nick |last1=Triggle |first2=Smitha |last2=Mundasad |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65425285 |title=NHS 5% pay rise heading for majority union backing |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=28 April 2023 |accessdate=28 April 2023}}
• Four teaching unions in England – the National Education Union, NASUWT, National Association of Head Teachers and the Association of School and College Leaders – announce plans to co-ordinate strike action. At the time of the announcement only the National Education Union has the mandate to strike, but the other unions confirm they will ballot their members on whether to take strike action.{{cite web|first=Hazel |last=Shearing |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-65425235 |title=Teacher strikes: Unions team up in England pay dispute |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=28 April 2023 |accessdate=28 April 2023}}
• HMV announces plans to reopen its flagship store at 363 Oxford Street four years after it closed when the company went into administration.{{cite web|first=Aurelia |last=Foster |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65417131 |title=HMV's flagship Oxford Street store to reopen |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=28 April 2023 |accessdate=28 April 2023}}
• 29 April – A record crowd of 58,498 attend the final match of the 2023 Women's Six Nations Championship between England and France at Twickenham Stadium, at which England wins 38–33 to achieve the Grand Slam.{{cite web|last=Grey |first=Becky |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/65434340 |title=England 38–33 France: Red Roses clinch Women's Six Nations Grand Slam at Twickenham |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=29 April 2023 |accessdate=29 April 2023}}
• 30 April – At 8pm, nurses in England begin a 28-hour walkout which will end at midnight on 1 May, the strike having been cut short from 48 hours after the High Court ruled strike action beyond then would be unlawful because it falls outside the six-month period since the ballot in which nurses voted to strike was closed.{{cite web |first=Charley |last=Adams |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65443943 |title=Nurses' strike: 28-hour strike over pay under way |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=30 April 2023 |accessdate=30 April 2023}}

• 2 May – The 5% pay increase for one million NHS staff in England is signed off at a meeting between the UK government and representatives from 14 trade unions; all NHS employees but doctors and dentists are represented at the meeting.{{cite web|first=Nick |last=Triggle |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65458663 |title=NHS pay deal signed off for one million staff |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=2 May 2023 |accessdate=2 May 2023}}
• 5 May – Following her trial and conviction at Norwich Crown Court, Helen Hewlett is sentenced to seven and a half years in prison after attempting to hire a hitman to kill a colleague with whom she had a brief affair.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-65493985 |title=King's Lynn woman jailed for trying to hire hitman after fling |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=5 May 2023 |accessdate=5 May 2023}}
• 8 May – Data published by NHS Business Services Authority indicated the number of community pharmacies in England is at its lowest since 2015, with 1,025 pharmacies in operation, and 160 having closed in the past two years.{{cite web|first1=Hugh |last1=Pym |first2=Natalie |last2=Wright |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65481473 |title=Scores of local pharmacies closing across England |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=8 May 2023 |accessdate=8 May 2023}}
• 9 May – Several areas of England are hit by flash floods as much of the country is affected by heavy rain storms.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-65537882 |title=Flash flooding as thunder storms batter parts of England |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=9 May 2023 |accessdate=9 May 2023}}
• 10 May –
• A major incident is declared in Somerset following heavy rain and flash flooding in southern England.{{cite web|first1=Jasmine |last1=Ketibuah-Foley |first2=Tess |last2=de la Mare |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-65542510 |title=Flash flooding: Major incident declared after heavy rain in south |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=10 May 2023 |accessdate=10 May 2023}}
• The Metropolitan Police apologises for failing to disclose documents relating to the Murder of Daniel Morgan that were found in a locked cabinet at its headquarters.{{cite web|first=Harry |last=Low |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65544848 |title=Daniel Morgan murder: Met sorry for not disclosing documents at HQ |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=10 May 2023 |accessdate=10 May 2023}}
• 12 May – David Boyd, 55, is found guilty at Newcastle Law Courts of the 1992 murder of Nikki Allan in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. The jury of 10 women and two men spent two and a half hours of deliberating to convict Boyd of the murder. Boyd is due to be sentenced on 23 May 2023.{{Cite news |date=12 May 2023 |title=Nikki Allan murder: David Boyd guilty of killing Sunderland girl |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-65534421 |access-date=12 May 2023}}
• 14 May – Chelsea defeat Manchester United 1–0 to win the 2023 Women's FA Cup final.{{cite web|last=Sanders |first=Emma |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65564608 |title=Women's FA Cup final: Sam Kerr seals title for Chelsea against Manchester United |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=14 May 2023 |accessdate=14 May 2023}}
• 16 May – Greggs reaches a deal with Westminster City Council to allow it to sell food and hot drinks at its Leicester Square outlet until 2.00am on some nights. The council had objected to a previous plan for 24-hour opening amid concerns it would attract antisocial behaviour, with the agreement reached as a court case was about to commence.{{cite web|first=Jess |last=Warren |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65609732 |title=Greggs wins right to late-night Leicester Square trading |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=16 May 2023 |accessdate=16 May 2023}}
• 17 May – The £2 cap on bus fares in England is extended until the end of October; a £2.50 cap will then be in place until December 2024.{{cite web|first=Gwyn |last=Topham |url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/may/17/bus-fares-cap-in-england-extended-to-end-of-october |title=Bus fares: £2 cap in England extended to end of October | Bus fares |work=The Guardian |date=17 May 2023 |accessdate=18 May 2023}}
• 18 May – Two teenage cousins are sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Khayri Mclean, who was stabbed in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire in 2022 as he walked home from school.{{cite web|first1=Chris |last1=Baynes |first2=Alex |last2=Moss |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-65628025 |title=Khayri Mclean: Huddersfield teens jailed for life over schoolboy stabbing |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=18 May 2023 |accessdate=18 May 2023}}
• 22 May – After the latest round of talks with the government end without resolution, the British Medical Association announces that junior doctors will stage another 72-hour strike, scheduled to begin on 14 June.{{cite web|first1=Jim |last1=Reed |first2=Natasha |last2=Preskey |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65673576 |title=Junior doctors in England to strike for three days in June |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=22 May 2023 |accessdate=22 May 2023}}
• 23 May –
• Samantha Lee, a former Metropolitan Police constable who failed to properly investigate two counts of indecent exposure committed by Wayne Couzens, is found guilty of gross misconduct following a hearing.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65671361 |title=Wayne Couzens: Ex-Met PC in flashing case guilty of gross misconduct |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=23 May 2023 |accessdate=23 May 2023}}
• David Boyd is sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 29 years for the 1992 murder of Nikki Allan.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-65670978 |title=Nikki Allan murder: David Boyd jailed for 29 years over 1992 killing |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=23 May 2023 |accessdate=23 May 2023}}
• 25 May – The UK Health Security Agency urges people at risk of contracting the Mpox virus to get vaccinated after 10 new cases were discovered in London between 30 April and 25 May.{{cite web|first=Josh |last=Parry |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65713682 |title=Monkeypox: London sees rise in cases in last month |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=25 May 2023 |accessdate=25 May 2023}}
• 26 May –
• Following a trial at Derby Crown Court, Stephen Boden and Shannon Marsden, who killed their ten-month-old son, Finley Boden, on Christmas Day 2020, 39 days after he was returned to them by social services, are sentenced to life imprisonment with minimum terms of 29 years and 27 years respectively.{{cite web|first=Dan |last=Martin |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-65697782 |title=Finley Boden: Parents jailed for killing baby returned to their care |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=26 May 2023 |accessdate=26 May 2023}}
• Following a trial at the Old Bailey, Jake Drummond is sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 32 years for the murder of 15-month-old Jacob Lennon. Drummond's partner, and Jacob's mother, Louise Lennon, is sentenced to 10 years for causing or allowing her son's death.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65720175 |title=Jacob Lennon: Mother and partner jailed over toddler's violent death |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=26 May 2023 |accessdate=26 May 2023}}
• Presenter Phillip Schofield admits to the Daily Mail that he had an affair with a "much younger man" who worked as a runner on This Morning, subsequently apologising and resigning from ITV.{{Cite news |date=2023-05-26 |title=Phillip Schofield admits lying about relationship with younger ITV employee |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65729361 |access-date=2023-05-26}}
• 27 May – The 2023 Premiership Rugby final is disrupted when protestors from Just Stop Oil run onto the pitch at Twickenham Stadium and throw orange powder paint.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/65734664 |title=Premiership final: Protesters force stoppage of Twickenham showpiece between Saracens and Sale |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=27 May 2023 |accessdate=27 May 2023}} Two men are subsequently charged in connection with the incident.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65738061 |title=Premiership final: Two charged over Just Stop Oil rugby final protest |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=28 May 2023 |accessdate=28 May 2023}}
• 29 May – The Metropolitan Police Service confirms it will stop attending emergency calls relating to mental health from September in order to free up officers' time.{{cite web|first=Sean |last=Dilley |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65741824 |title=Met Police to stop attending mental health calls |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=29 May 2023 |accessdate=29 May 2023}}
• 31 May – 2023 Bournemouth beach incident, Two people die and eight others are injured during an incident at a beach in Bournemouth.{{Cite news |date=2023-05-31 |title=Bournemouth: Girl, 12, and boy, 17, die after incident off beach |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-65771464 |access-date=2023-06-02}}

• 7 June –
• The UK Health Security Agency issues a heat health alert for parts of England during the upcoming weekend, when temperatures are expected to reach 30 °C.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65837317 |title=New health alert as weekend temperatures to hit 30C |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=7 June 2023 |accessdate=7 June 2023}}
• Woking Borough Council imposes emergency spending restrictions on itself because of a £2bn debt.{{cite web|first1=Christian |last1=Fuller |first2=Chris |last2=Caulfield |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-65833006 |title=Woking Borough Council bans new spending due to £2bn debt |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=7 June 2023 |accessdate=7 June 2023}}
• 8 June –
• The UK Health Security Agency upgrades the heat health warning for the upcoming warm weather to an amber alert.{{cite web|first=Michael |last=Sheils McNamee |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65849525 |title=Weekend hot weather alert escalated to amber |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=8 June 2023 |accessdate=8 June 2023}}
• Henderson Hall in Newcastle is destroyed by a large fire.{{Cite news |title=Drone footage shows blaze at listed building |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-tyne-65856241 |access-date=2023-06-10}}
• 9 June –
• The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) launches an investigation into the death of a 15-year-old boy whose e-scooter crashed into an ambulance in Salford the previous day, and shortly after he was followed by officers from Greater Manchester Police.{{cite web|first1=Rowan |last1=Bridge |first2=Ian |last2=Shoesmith |first3=Paul |last3=Burnell |first4=Lynette |last4=Horsburgh |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-65854332 |title=Salford e-bike rider, 15, killed in ambulance crash named |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=9 June 2023 |accessdate=9 June 2023}}
• Three people, including two students, are described as being in hospital following an assault at the privately run Blundell's School in Tiverton, Devon. A local teenager has been arrested.{{cite web|first=Alex |last=Green |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-65856111 |title=Blundell's School students seriously injured in assault |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=9 June 2023 |accessdate=9 June 2023}}
• 10 June – A 16-year-old youth is charged with two counts of attempted murder and one of grievous bodily harm following the previous day's incident at Blundell's School.{{cite web|first=Jonathan |last=Morris |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-65867858 |title=Blundell's School: Boy charged with two counts of attempted murder |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=10 June 2023 |accessdate=10 June 2023}}
• 11 June – Eight teenagers – six boys and two girls – are arrested following the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old male youth at a house party in Bath, Somerset the previous evening.{{cite web|first=Nathan |last=Heath |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-65871840 |title=Bath stabbing: Eight teens arrested after boy, 16, killed |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=11 June 2023 |accessdate=11 June 2023}}
• 13 June – Three people are killed in attacks across Nottingham City Centre.{{Cite news |date=2023-06-13 |title=Nottingham: Three attack victims stabbed to death, police confirm |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-65893694 |access-date=2023-06-13}}
• 21 June – A man is arrested after two people are stabbed at London's Central Middlesex Hospital.{{cite web|first1=Adriana |last1=Elgueta |first2=Liz |last2=Jackson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65975166 |title=Man arrested at London hospital after two people stabbed |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=21 June 2023 |accessdate=21 June 2023}} He is subsequently charged over the incident.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65996400 |title=Central Middlesex Hospital attack: Man charged over double stabbing |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=23 June 2023 |accessdate=23 June 2023}}
• 23 June – Junior doctors in England announce a five-day strike from 7am on 13 July, their longest so far.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65998528 |title=Junior doctors to hold longest strike yet in July |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=23 June 2023 |accessdate=23 June 2023}}
• 24 June – David Hinton, the chief executive of South East Water, has blamed the increase in people working from home as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic for the implementation of tis planned hosepipe ban on 26 June, with an estimated 20% increase in the use of drinking water in commuter towns.{{cite web|first=Tanya |last=Gupta |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-66007675 |title=South East Water blames working from home for hosepipe ban |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=24 June 2023 |accessdate=24 June 2023}}
• 25 June – Avon and Somerset Police confirm that a man in his 40s has died following a "medical incident" at the 2023 Glastonbury Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66014515 |title=Glastonbury: Man dies after 'medical incident' at festival site |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=25 June 2023 |accessdate=25 June 2023}}
• 26 June – An inquest opens into the death of Nicola Bulley.{{cite web|first1=Lynette |last1=Horsburgh |first2=Tom |last2=Mullen |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-66018326 |title=Nicola Bulley died by drowning, inquest hears |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=26 June 2023 |accessdate=26 June 2023}}
• 27 June –
• The inquest into the death of Nicola Bulley returns a verdict of accidental death.{{cite web|first=Emma |last=Stanley |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-66033632 |title=Nicola Bulley's death was an accident, coroner rules |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=27 June 2023 |accessdate=27 June 2023}}
• Sarah Bentley resigns as chief executive of Thames Water after previously forgoing her bonus after raw sewage became a problem for the company.{{cite web|first=Faarea |last=Masud |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66035897 |title=Thames Water boss quits after sewage spills |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=27 June 2023 |accessdate=27 June 2023}}
• Nurses in England will not continue their strike action after a Royal College of Nursing ballot failed to garner enough votes to achieve a mandate. The majority of the 43% who voted favoured continued strike action, but this was below the 50% turnout required under trade union regulations.{{cite web|first=Nick |last=Triggle |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65992176 |title=England nurse strikes end as vote turnout too low |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=27 June 2023 |accessdate=27 June 2023}}
• Senior consultants in England will begin strike action after 86% of those who took part in a ballot voted to take strike action; a previously announced 48-hour strike will now go ahead from 21 July.{{cite web|first=Nick |last=Triggle |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65992178 |title=Senior doctors back strike action in England |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=27 June 2023 |accessdate=27 June 2023}}
• 28 June –
• The second Test match of the 2023 Ashes series is briefly interrupted when Just Stop Oil protestors invade the pitch at Lord's.{{cite web|last=Shemilt |first=Stephan |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/66033094 |title=Ashes: Just Stop Oil protesters briefly disrupt opening morning of England v Australia Test at Lord's |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=28 June 2023 |accessdate=28 June 2023}}
• Thames Water is reported to be in talks with the UK government to secure extra funding amid concerns the company is on the brink of collapse.{{cite web|first=Michael |last=Race |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66039170 |title=Thames Water in funding talks amid collapse fears |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=28 June 2023 |accessdate=28 June 2023}}
• 29 June – Sir John Mitting's interim report for the Undercover Policing Inquiry is published. The report concludes that the tactics of the Special Demonstration Squad were not justified, and that most groups infiltrated by its members posed no threat to national security. The report also finds that the SDS should have been disbanded early on.{{cite web|first1=June |last1=Kelly |first2=Judith |last2=Burns |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66020767 |title=Undercover policing unit tactics not justified, says report |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=29 June 2023 |accessdate=29 June 2023}}
• 30 June – Charlotte Dewar, chief executive of the Independent Press Standards Organisation, says the watchdog is considering the media coverage surrounding the death of Nicola Bulley, but has no current plans to launch an investigation.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-66074973 |title=No plans to look at Nicola Bulley case, press regulator Ipso says |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=1 July 2023 |accessdate=1 July 2023}}

• 1 July –
• Local Government Minister Lee Rowley formally writes to South Cambridgeshire District Council to request they end their trial of a four-day working week "immediately" amid concerns about "value for money". The scheme, launched in January 2023, is scheduled to run until March 2024.{{cite web|first=Alex |last=Pope |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-66075471 |title=Minister asks South Cambridgeshire council to end four-day week trial |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=1 July 2023 |accessdate=1 July 2023}}
• Seven Just Stop Oil protestors are arrested after attempting to disrupt the 2023 London Pride celebrations by blocking the route of the parade.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66074939 |title=London Pride: Seven arrests as Just Stop Oil protest delays parade |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=1 July 2023 |accessdate=1 July 2023}} Five people are subsequently charged in connection with the incident.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66080222 |title=London Pride: Five Just Stop Oil protesters charged |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=2 July 2023 |accessdate=2 July 2023}}
• 2 July – Amanda Pritchard, the Chief Executive of NHS England, announces the launch of a further seven specialist gambling addiction clinics in England as the number of people being referred for help because of gambling addiction sees a sharp increase.{{cite web |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2023-07-01/concern-over-gambling-ads-bombardment-as-addiction-referrals-hit-record-highs |title=Gambling addiction referrals hit record high as NHS England seeks to help |publisher=ITV |work=ITV News |date=2 July 2023 |accessdate=2 July 2023}}
• 3 July –
• Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Alex Chalk asks the Parole Board to reconsider its decision to release child killer Colin Pitchfork.{{cite web|first=Amy |last=Phipps |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-66090922 |title=Colin Pitchfork: Parole Board asked to reconsider killer's release |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=3 July 2023 |accessdate=4 July 2023}}
• Ranibizumab, a drug that can prevent blindness in premature babies, is made available on the NHS in England.{{cite web|first=Michelle |last=Roberts |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66085393 |title=NHS to offer sight-saving drug to premature babies |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=3 July 2023 |accessdate=4 July 2023}}
• 4 July –
• Thames Water is fined £3.3m for discharging millions of litres of untreated sewage into two rivers which resulted in the death of 1,400 fish.{{cite web|first=Tanya |last=Gupta |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-66097906 |title=Thames Water fined £3.3m over river sewage |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=4 July 2023 |accessdate=4 July 2023}}
• Forest Green Rovers appoint Hannah Dingley as their caretaker manager, making her the first woman to manage a men's football team in English professional football.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66105649 |title=Hannah Dingley: Forest Green Rovers name first female boss of a men's professional football side |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=4 July 2023 |accessdate=4 July 2023}}
• 5 July –
• Train companies in England launch a 21-day consultation over plans to closing hundreds of ticket offices.{{cite web|first1=Michael |last1=Race |first2=Katy |last2=Austin |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66097850 |title=Train firms plan mass closures of ticket offices |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=5 July 2023 |accessdate=5 July 2023}}
• Two Just Stop Oil protestors briefly halt play at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships by invading the tennis court and throwing orange confetti.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/66041547 |title=Wimbledon 2023: Protesters interrupt play at All England Club |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=5 July 2023 |accessdate=5 July 2023}}
• 6 July –
• One child dies, while 16 are injured after a Land Rover hits a primary school in Wimbledon, south-west London. The crash is not treated as terror-related, but the driver is arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-66120180 |title=Seven children hurt as Land Rover crashes into Wimbledon school |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=6 July 2023 |accessdate=6 July 2023}}
• The UK Health Security Agency and Met Office issue a yellow heat health alert for six regions of England, effective from 12pm on 7 July to 9am on 9 July, when temperatures are expected to reach 28 °C–30 °C in some areas.{{cite web|first=Sam |last=Hancock |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66132649 |title=UK weather: Heat-health alert will be followed by thunderstorms |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=7 July 2023 |accessdate=7 July 2023}}
• RMT workers on the London Underground announce six days of strikes from Sunday 23 July to Friday 28 July.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66127959 |title=Week of strikes to disrupt Tube services, RMT says |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=6 July 2023 |accessdate=6 July 2023}}
• 7 July – British cinema chain Empire Cinemas collapses into administration with the immediate loss of 150 jobs, citing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing cost-of-living crisis as the main reasons. The closures leave Sunderland and Wigan with no main cinema.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66134084|title=Empire Cinemas collapses into administration|work=BBC News |date=7 July 2023|accessdate=5 September 2023}}
• 8 July – The Union Chain Bridge, which spans the River Tweed, linking England and Scotland, is named as an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66136723 |title=Union Chain Bridge recognised as international landmark |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=8 July 2023 |accessdate=8 July 2023}}
• 9 July – A second child dies of injuries sustained in the crash at a school in Wimbledon, south London.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66150234 |title=Second girl, 8, dies after Wimbledon school car crash |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=9 July 2023 |accessdate=9 July 2023}}
• 10 July – A teenage boy is arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a teacher is stabbed at Tewkesbury School in Gloucestershire. The school, along with neighbouring schools, are locked down during the incident. The teacher is hospitalised.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-66151983 |title=Teenager arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of teacher |work=BBC News |date=10 July 2023 |accessdate=10 July 2023}} He is charged with attempted wounding with intent and possession of bladed article the next day.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-66171565 |title=Tewkesbury school: Boy charged over teacher stabbing |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=11 July 2023 |accessdate=11 July 2023}}
• 12 July – Members of the NASUWT teaching union in England vote to stage strike action over pay, with 85.5% of members voting to do so on a 51.9% turnout.{{cite web|first=Alice |last=Evans |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-66174906 |title=Teacher strikes: NASUWT members vote for strike action |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=12 July 2023 |accessdate=12 July 2023}}
• 13 July –
• Data released by NHS England indicates that 7.47 million people were waiting to begin routing hospital treatment in June 2023, an increase from 7.42 million in May.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66188529 |title=NHS waiting lists hit record high in England |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=13 July 2023 |accessdate=14 July 2023}}
• The UK government proposes a 6.5% pay rise for teachers, with the leaders of all four major teaching unions expressing support for the increase, meaning strikes by teachers in England are likely to end.{{cite web|first1=Hazel |last1=Shearing |first2=Nathan |last2=Standley |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-66192118 |title=Teacher strikes likely to end in England |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=13 July 2023 |accessdate=13 July 2023}}
• Pradjeet Veadhasa, 17, and Sukhman Shergill, 17, are sentenced to life imprisonment with minimum terms of 18 and 16 years respectively for the June 2022 murder of 16-year-old Ronan Kanda in Wolverhampton, who they stabbed after mistaking him for an enemy.{{cite web|first1=Phil |last1=Mackie |first2=Allen |last2=Cook |first3=Vanessa |last3=Pearce |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-66187503 |title=Ronan Kanda: Teens sentenced for boy's mistaken identity murder |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=13 July 2023 |accessdate=13 July 2023}}
• 14 July –
• The UK Health Security Agency warns that tens of thousands of cases of measles could potentially occur in London because of low vaccination numbers there.{{cite web|first=James |last=Gallagher |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66200444 |title=Warning measles could hit tens of thousands in London |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=14 July 2023 |accessdate=14 July 2023}}
• A 65-year-old man is charged with the murders of Naomi Hunte, who was stabbed to death in February 2022, and Fiona Holm, who disappeared in June 2023 and whose body has not been found.{{cite web|first1=Harry |last1=Low |first2=Simon |last2=Jones |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66199751 |title=Man charged with murdering two women he knew |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=14 July 2023 |accessdate=14 July 2023}}
• The UK government approves plans to build a road tunnel near Stonehenge.{{cite web|first=Sammy |last=Jenkins |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-66201424 |title=Stonehenge tunnel is approved by government |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=14 July 2023 |accessdate=14 July 2023}}
• Following trial and conviction at Portsmouth Crown Court, Sarah Somerton-How and her lover, George Webb, are both sentenced to 11 years imprisonment for wilful neglect and holding a person in slavery or servitude after they kept Somerton-How's husband, who has cerebral palsy and is severely sight impaired, a prisoner in squalid conditions for four years. it is believed to be the first prosecution of its kind.{{cite web|first1=Christian |last1=Fuller |first2=Nikki |last2=Mitchell |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-66178290 |title=Chichester: Wife and carer jailed for enslaving disabled husband |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=14 July 2023 |accessdate=14 July 2023}}
• Dorset Police announce that no criminal offences were committed in relation to the 2023 Bournemouth beach incident in which two people were killed.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-66208500 |title=Bournemouth beach deaths: No police action to be taken |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=14 July 2023 |accessdate=14 July 2023}}
• 17 July – NHS consultants in England announce a further two days of strike action, on 24 and 25 August.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66217770 |title=NHS consultant strikes: BMA announces two more walkouts |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=17 July 2023 |accessdate=17 July 2023}}
• 20 July – Parliamentary by-elections take place in Somerton and Frome, Uxbridge and South Ruislip, and Selby and Ainsty.{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/sunak-facing-by-election-triple-threat-as-new-vote-announced-to-replace-david-warburton-12905819 |title=Rishi Sunak facing by-election triple threat as new vote announced to replace David Warburton |work=Sky News |publisher=Sky UK |date=20 June 2023 |accessdate=22 June 2023}}
• 21 July –
• 21 July –
• July 2023 by-elections:{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66264317 |title=Big defeats for Tories but party holds on to Uxbridge |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=21 July 2023 |accessdate=21 July 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/jul/20/byelection-results-conservatives-labour-lib-dems-somerton-frome-uxbridge-south-ruislip-selby-ainsty-uk-politics-latest-news |title=Byelection results: Keir Starmer blames Uxbridge defeat on Ulez and calls for Sadiq Khan to 'reflect' on it – live |work=The Guardian |date=21 July 2023 |accessdate=21 July 2023}}
• Uxbridge and South Ruislip: The former seat of ex-PM Boris Johnson is held by the Conservatives, but with a reduced majority of 495 votes. Steve Tuckwell becomes the constituency's MP. The proposed ULEZ expansion by Labour's Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, is a factor in the result.{{cite web|first=Yasmin |last=Rufo |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66267672 |title=Residents of Uxbridge react to narrow Tory by-election victory |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=21 July 2023 |accessdate=21 July 2023}}
• Selby and Ainsty: Labour takes the formerly safe Conservative seat of Selby and Ainsty. The swing of 23.7% is the largest since 1945. Keir Mather becomes the constituency's new MP, and at 25, the youngest Member of Parliament and Baby of the House.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66265494 |title=Keir Mather – Labour's newest MP and 'baby of the House' |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=21 July 2023 |accessdate=21 July 2023}}
• Somerton and Frome: The Liberal Democrats take Somerton and Frome, overturning a Conservative majority of 29.6%. Sarah Dyke is elected as the constituency's new MP.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-66265117 |title=Somerton and Frome by-election: Sarah Dyke promises to be 'active' MP |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=21 July 2023 |accessdate=21 July 2023}}
• Planned strikes on the London Underground from 23 to 28 July are called off following last minute talks between union representatives and Transport for London.{{cite web|first=Liz |last=Jackson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66268545 |title=Tube strike: Unions call off action following talks |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=21 July 2023 |accessdate=21 July 2023}}
• The Association of School and College Leaders, which represents headteachers in England, votes to accept 6.5% pay rise.{{cite web|first=Hazel |last=Shearing |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-66266910 |title=Head teachers accept England pay rise |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=21 July 2023 |accessdate=21 July 2023}}
• Following trial and conviction at Wood Green Crown Court, Patrick Simms is sentenced to nine years in prison for the rape of a 15-year-old girl he committed after meeting the girl at a leisure centre in Hackney in 1987.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66272072 |title=Prolific rapist jailed 35 years after targeting teenage girl |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=21 July 2023 |accessdate=21 July 2023}}
• 22 July – Seb Dance, the Deputy Mayor of London, confirms that day travelcards will be phased out for travel within London.{{cite web|first=Harry |last=Low |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66268315 |title=London day travelcards to be phased out |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=22 July 2023 |accessdate=22 July 2023}}
• 23 July – Newcastle's Northern Pride is forced to end early after heavy rain makes the festival site unsafe.{{cite web|first=Chris |last=Robinson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66284138 |title=Northern Pride: Event cancelled after heavy rain makes site 'unsafe' |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=23 July 2023 |accessdate=23 July 2023}}
• 24 July – The Metropolitan Police announce that radical preacher Anjem Choudary has been charged with three terror offences.{{cite web|first=Sean |last=Seddon |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66287379 |title=Anjem Choudary charged with three terror offences |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=24 July 2023 |accessdate=24 July 2023}}
• 25 July –
• Data published by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities indicates the number of homeless people to be at a 25-year high, with 105,000 households in England living in temporary accommodation, a figure that includes 131,000 children.{{cite web|first1=Michael |last1=Buchanan |first2=Judith |last2=Burns |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66296333 |title=Numbers in temporary accommodation in England hit record |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=25 July 2023 |accessdate=25 July 2023}}
• Data released by the Metropolitan Police indicates that a 13-week campaign by Just Stop Oil has cost the force £7.7m to police.{{cite web|first=Jess |last=Warren |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66301164 |title=Just Stop Oil protests cost Met Police £7.7m since April |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=25 July 2023 |accessdate=25 July 2023}}
• 26 July – The Court of Appeal overturns the 2004 conviction of Andrew Malkinson, convicted of a 2003 rape in Salford on unreliable evidence.{{cite web|first1=Lauren |last1=Hirst |first2=Tom |last2=Mullen |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-66301413 |title=Wales' holiday free school meal axe faces legal challenge |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=26 July 2023 |accessdate=26 July 2023}}
• 27 July – The UK government confirms that COVID-19-era licencing rules in England allowing pubs to sell takeaway drinks will end on 30 September.{{cite web|first=Paul |last=Seddon |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66318476 |title=Last orders for takeaway pub pints as Covid rules expire |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=27 July 2023 |accessdate=27 July 2023}}
• 28 July – The High Court rules that the planned extension of London's Ultra Low Emission Zone is lawful after rejecting a legal challenge from five Conservative-led local authorities.{{cite web|first=Harry |last=Low |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66327961 |title=London mayor Sadiq hails Ulez expansion ruling by High Court |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=28 July 2023 |accessdate=28 July 2023}}
• 29 July – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urges Mayor of London Sadiq Kahn to reconsider his plans to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone, describing it as an "unnecessary extra tax".{{cite web|first=Liz |last=Jackson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66349777 |title=Rishi Sunak urges Sadiq Khan to 'think twice' on Ulez expansion |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=29 July 2023 |accessdate=29 July 2023}}
• 30 July – Grime artist Stormzy and HSBC announce an extension of the Stormzy Scholarships scheme, with funding for a further 36 places for black students at Cambridge University. Each student will receive a £20,000 annual scholarship.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-66353984 |title=Stormzy and HSBC fund more black Cambridge students |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=30 July 2023 |accessdate=30 July 2023}}
• 31 July –
• The National Education Union says that its members have voted to accept the UK government's 6.5% pay offer for teachers in England, with 86% of those voting in favour of the increase.{{cite web|first=Nathan |last=Standley |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-66360677 |title=NEU teacher strikes end as members in England accept pay deal |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=31 July 2023 |accessdate=31 July 2023}}
• Wild camping is to be allowed on Dartmoor once again after the National Park Authority wins a legal challenge against its suspension.{{cite web|first=Esme |last=Stallard |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66341778 |title=Dartmoor wild camping to resume after appeal win |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=31 July 2023 |accessdate=31 July 2023}}

• 1 August – A BBC News investigation discovers that people earning more than £30,000 are being told they are not eligible to rent affordable housing in London because they do not earn enough money.{{cite web|first1=Nalini |last1=Sivathasan |first2=James |last2=Stewart |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66255727 |title=Affordable housing schemes: 'Invisible' renters earning £30k not eligible |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=1 August 2023 |accessdate=1 August 2023}}
• 3 August – Rashid Gedel, 22, and Shiroh Ambersley, 22, are sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 27 years for the February 2021 murder of Sven Badzak in North West London, who was stabbed in a case of mistaken identity.{{cite web|first=James |last=Kelly |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c03xe0j0xwro |title=Kilburn: Two men jailed for life for murdering aspiring lawyer |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=3 August 2023 |accessdate=3 August 2023}}
• 4 August –
• The UK government announces plans to tackle the NHS backlog with the opening of 13 new regional diagnostic centres, eight of which will be privately run. The government also wants to make it easier for the NHS to access services from the private sector.{{cite web|first=Nick |last=Triggle |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66319064 |title=NHS to expand use of private sector to tackle waits |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=4 August 2023 |accessdate=4 August 2023}}
• Following a trial at Derby Crown Court, Craig Crouch is sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 28 years for the murder of his 10-month-old stepson, Jacob Crouch, in December 2020. Jacob's mother, Gemma Barton, is sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for causing or allowing the death of a child.{{cite web|first=Caroline |last=Lowbridge |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-66405310 |title=Jacob Crouch: Stepfather jailed for life for 'brutal' baby murder |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=4 August 2023 |accessdate=4 August 2023}}
• The scrappage scheme for non-compliant vehicles is extended to the whole of London ahead of the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone.{{cite web|first1=Yasmin |last1=Rufo |first2=Adriana |last2=Elgueta |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66398942 |title=Ulez scrappage scheme extended to all Londoners |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=4 August 2023 |accessdate=4 August 2023}}
• Following a trial at Leicester Crown Court, TikTok social influencer Mahek Bukhari and her mother Ansreen Bukhari, are found guilty of murdering two men whose car was rammed off the road following a dispute over an affair Mrs Bukhari had been having with one of the men.{{cite web|first1=George |last1=Torr |first2=Dan |last2=Martin |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-66165180 |title=TikTok influencer Mahek Bukhari guilty of murdering men in crash |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=4 August 2023 |accessdate=4 August 2023}}
• 5 August – The 18th century Crooked House, once known as "Britain's wonkiest pub", is gutted by a fire.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-66421163 |title=The Crooked House: Fire rips through famed 'wonky' pub |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=6 August 2023 |accessdate=6 August 2023}} The pub is demolished two days later. Police subsequently confirm they are treating the fire as arson.{{cite web|first=Caroline |last=Gall |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-65141057 |title=Crooked House: Fire at 'wonkiest' pub treated as arson |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=9 August 2023 |accessdate=9 August 2023}}
• 6 August – The Mirror reports that former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins, who is serving a 29-year sentence for child sex offences, was stabbed during an attack at Wakefield Prison the previous day.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66419302 |title=Lostprophets' Ian Watkins stabbed in jail – reports |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=6 August 2023 |accessdate=6 August 2023}}
• 7 August –
• Data published by Halifax Bank indicates house prices have fallen by their fastest rate in South East England over the past year, with a 3.9% fall, an average of around £15,500.{{cite web|first=Michael |last=Race |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66425947 |title=House prices fall by the most in south-east England, says Halifax |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=7 August 2023 |accessdate=7 August 2023}}
• Consultants in England belonging to the British Medical Association announce a two-day strike on 19 and 20 September.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66433405 |title=Senior doctors plan 48-hour strike for September in England |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=8 August 2023 |accessdate=8 August 2023}}
• 9 August – Nine arrests are made in London's Oxford Street and 34 dispersal orders issued after youths descend on the area prompted by online videos urging them to turn up and cause disruption.{{cite web|first=Liz |last=Jackson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66459233 |title=Oxford Street disorder: Suella Braverman wants culprits to be hunted down |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=10 August 2023 |accessdate=10 August 2023}}
• 10 August –
• NHS hospital waiting lists in England reached 7.5 million at the end of June 2023, up around 100,000 from the previous month, and three times higher than they were at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|first=Nick |last=Triggle |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66460309 |title=Hospital waiting list tops 7.5 million in England |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=10 August 2023 |accessdate=10 August 2023}}
• A murder investigation is launched following the discovery of a 10-year-old girl's body at an address in Woking, Surrey.{{cite web|first1=Christian |last1=Fuller |first2=Hanna |last2=Neter |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-66469043 |title=Woking murder investigation after death of girl, 10 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=11 August 2023 |accessdate=11 August 2023}} The girl is subsequently named as Sara Sharif,{{cite web|first=Bob |last=Dale |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-66507793 |title=Sara Sharif: International manhunt over murder of girl, 10 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=15 August 2023 |accessdate=24 August 2023}} while an international manhunt is launched after it emerges that three people known to her bought one way tickets to Pakistan and left the UK before her body was discovered.{{cite web|first1=Helena |last1=Wilkinson |first2=Sajid |last2=Iqbal |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66524189 |title=Sara Sharif: Trio known to Woking girl booked flights to Pakistan |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=16 August 2023 |accessdate=24 August 2023}}
• High street retail chain Wilko collapses into administration after last-minute rescue talks failed to secure new funding, putting 12,000 jobs at risk of potential redundancy.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/10/wilko-collapses-into-administration-after-rescue-talks-fail|title=Wilko collapses into administration after rescue talks fail|first=Sarah|last=Butler|date=10 August 2023|accessdate=5 September 2023|newspaper=The Guardian}}
• 11 August –
• At 7am, junior doctors in England begin another four day strike, their fifth walkout.{{cite web|first=Nick |last=Triggle |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66463694 |title=We can't take any more, says NHS as doctors strike |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=11 August 2023 |accessdate=11 August 2023}}
• "Human error" is blamed after the names and salaries of every employee of Cumbria Police, including police officers, was accidentally uploaded to its website on 6 March.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-66478671 |title=Cumbria Police: Officers' names and salaries put online by error |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=11 August 2023 |accessdate=11 August 2023}}
• A UK Health Security Agency investigation into a number of cases of sickness and diarrhoea at the 2023 WOMAD Festival is inconclusive on a cause.{{cite web|first1=Dawn |last1=Limbu |first2=Sammy |last2=Jenkins |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-66477991 |title=Womad festival sickness investigation inconclusive – UKHSA |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=11 August 2023 |accessdate=11 August 2023}}
• 13 August –
• The UK government decides to retain COVID-19 licencing rules for pubs in England and Wales that allows the sale of takeaway drinks.{{cite web|first=Michael |last=Race |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66491373 |title=Pub takeaway drinks rules to be continued |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=13 August 2023 |accessdate=13 August 2023}}
• Two men are taken to hospital after being stabbed in what is described as a homophobic attack outside a club in Clapham, South London.{{cite web|first1=Harry |last1=Low |first2=Josh |last2=Parry |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66500712 |title=Clapham stabbing: Two men injured in homophobic attack |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=14 August 2023 |accessdate=14 August 2023}}
• 14 August – NHS England announces plans to cut the number of cancer waiting list targets, which it describes as outdated.{{cite web|first1=Hugh |last1=Pym |first2=Andre |last2=Rhoden-Paul |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66494983 |title=Many cancer waiting time targets set to be dropped in England |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=14 August 2023 |accessdate=14 August 2023}}
• 15 August –
• The UK government confirms that train fares will rise below the rate of inflation in 2024, and the increase will again be delayed until March as in 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66514022 |title=Rail fares in England to rise below inflation again in 2024 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=15 August 2023 |accessdate=15 August 2023}}
• Six former Metropolitan Police officers have been charged with sending racist messages on WhatsApp following a BBC Newsnight investigation.{{cite web|first=Sima |last=Kotecha |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66512440 |title=Metropolitan Police: Ex-officers charged over racist WhatsApp posts |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=15 August 2023 |accessdate=15 August 2023}}
• Kirklees Council in West Yorkshire votes to restrict all but non-essential spending as it faces financial difficulties.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-66513811 |title=Kirklees Council restricts all non-essential spending and recruitment |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=15 August 2023 |accessdate=15 August 2023}}
• 16 August –
• Documents relating to the Andrew Malkinson case show that another man's DNA was identified by investigators in 2007, raising questions as to why he was not granted a review by the Criminal Cases Review Commission much Allier than occurred.{{cite web|first=Dominic |last=Casciani |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66513959 |title=Andy Malkinson: DNA evidence identified three years after rape conviction |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=16 August 2023 |accessdate=16 August 2023}}
• A member of staff at the British Museum has been dismissed and a police investigation launched over "missing, stolen or damaged" artefacts.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-66527422 |title=British Museum worker sacked over missing treasures |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=16 August 2023 |accessdate=16 August 2023}}
• 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: England secure a place in their first World Cup Final after beating Australia 3–1.{{cite web|last=Salley |first=Emily |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66524615 |title=Sarina Wiegman: England boss says reaching Women's World Cup final is a 'fairytale' |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=16 August 2023 |accessdate=16 August 2023}}
• 20 August – 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Final: England are defeated 1–0 by Spain.{{cite web |first=Emma |last=Sanders |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66561827 |title=Women's World Cup final: England lose to Spain in Sydney |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=20 August 2023 |accessdate=20 August 2023}}
• 22 August –
• Following trial and conviction at Wood Green Crown Court, former Metropolitan Police officer Adam Provan is sentenced to 16 years in prison for the rape of a fellow police officer and a teenage girl. He is also required to serve a further eight years on extended licence.{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/former-metropolitan-police-officer-jailed-for-16-years-for-raping-woman-and-girl-12944927 |title=Adam Provan: Former Metropolitan Police officer jailed for 16 years for raping woman and teenager |work=Sky News |publisher=Sky UK |date=22 August 2023 |accessdate=22 August 2023}}
• Raymond Parry, a former Transport for London worker awarded an MBE as recognition for his heroism during the 7 July London bombings, has been stripped of the honour after he admitted sexually abusing a child.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-66588545 |title=7/7 attacks: Bombing 'hero' Raymond Parry stripped of MBE |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=22 August 2023 |accessdate=22 August 2023}}
• 24 August –
• Justice Secretary Alex Chalk announced the launch of a non-statutory inquiry to investigate the wrongful conviction of Andrew Malkinson, which will examine the role of the Crown Prosecution Service, Greater Manchester Police and the Criminal Cases Review Commission over their handling of the case.{{cite web|first=Dominic |last=Casciani |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66606328 |title=Andrew Malkinson: Government announces inquiry into wrongful rape conviction |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=24 August 2023 |accessdate=24 August 2023}}
• A court in Pakistan rules that police cannot detain relatives of the father of Sara Sharif, found dead at her family home in Woking on 10 August, in an attempt to locate him.{{cite web|first=Caroline |last=Davies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66603843 |title=Sara Sharif: Court rules girl's Pakistan family cannot be detained |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=24 August 2023 |accessdate=24 August 2023}}
• Nike, Inc announces it will sell "limited quantities" of a replica goalkeeper shirt worn by England goalkeeper Mary Earps during the 2023 Women's World Cup after around 150,000 people signed an online petition calling for them to be made available.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66607749 |title=Mary Earps: Nike will sell 'limited quantities' of England World Cup goalkeeper shirts |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=24 August 2023 |accessdate=24 August 2023}}
• A police officer is taken to hospital with critical injuries after being hit by a train while trying to help a distressed man on the railway track in Nottinghamshire.{{cite web|first=Tom |last=Oakley |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-66616022 |title=Nottinghamshire Police officer hit by train while helping man |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=25 August 2023 |accessdate=25 August 2023}}
• 25 August – Hartwig Fischer announces he will step down as director of the British Museum after treasures were stolen from the London institution.{{cite web|first=Steven |last=McIntosh |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66621006 |title=British Museum thefts: Director Hartwig Fischer quits over stolen treasures |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=25 August 2023 |accessdate=25 August 2023}}
• 26 August – Two people are killed after driving a car into a flooded road in the Mossley Hill area of Liverpool.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-66635952 |title=Two dead after driving car into flooded road |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=27 August 2023 |accessdate=27 August 2023}}
• 27 August – The Metropolitan Police launch an investigation into a possible data breach involving details about thousands of their officers after "unauthorised access" was gained to the system of one of its suppliers.{{cite web|first=Christy |last=Cooney |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66631386 |title=Met Police investigating suspected data breach |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=27 August 2023 |accessdate=27 August 2023}}
• 29 August –
• Nottinghamshire Police officer Sgt Graham Saville, 46, who was struck by a train while trying to help a distressed man on the railway track, dies in hospital from injuries sustained in the incident.{{cite web|first=Alex |last=Smith |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-66619728 |title=Nottinghamshire Police officer hit by train while helping man dies |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=29 August 2023 |accessdate=29 August 2023}}
• London's Ultra Low Emission Zone is expanded to include the whole of Greater London.{{cite web|first=Yasmin |last=Rufo |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66592199 |title=Ulez expanded to include whole of outer London |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=29 August 2023 |accessdate=29 August 2023}}
• 30 August – England's Autumn 2023 flu vaccination and COVID-19 booster programme is brought forward by a month, from October to September, as scientists from the UK Health Security Agency monitor the BA.2.86 variant. Although it is not a variant of concern, it is being monitored due to its high number of mutations.{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2023-08-30/flu-jab-and-covid-booster-programme-brought-forward-in-england |title=Flu jab and Covid booster programme brought forward in England due to new Covid variant |publisher=ITV |work=ITV News |date=30 August 2023 |accessdate=30 August 2023}}
• 31 August –
• More than 100 schools in England are told to close buildings while work is carried out on concrete prone to collapse. Thousands of pupils will face being taught via remote learning or in temporary classrooms while the work is completed.{{cite web|first=Hazel |last=Shearing |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-66673971 |title=School buildings in England to shut over concrete safety fears |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=31 August 2023 |accessdate=31 August 2023}}
• After junior doctors in England vote to continue strike action, the British Medical Association announces that junior doctors and consultants will stage co-ordinated strikes going forward.{{cite web|first=Nick |last=Triggle |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66674058 |title=Junior doctors and consultants to strike together in England |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=31 August 2023 |accessdate=31 August 2023}}
• Police in Pakistan say they did not receive an Interpol request to search for the family of Sara Sharif until 15 August, five days after her body was found at a house in Woking, Surrey.{{cite web|first=Carrie |last=Davies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66675788 |title=Sara Sharif: Five days before Pakistan asked to start family search |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=31 August 2023 |accessdate=31 August 2023}}

• 1 September –
• Schools Minister Nick Gibb confirms that buildings at 52 schools were in immediate danger of collapse due to concrete, while 100 others have been told to close affected areas until they can have them made safe.{{cite web|first=Hazel |last=Shearing |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-66681702 |title=School closures: Dozens were at risk of collapse due to risky concrete |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=1 September 2023 |accessdate=1 September 2023}}
• TikTok influencer Mahek Bukhari and her mother, Ansreen Bukhari, are both sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of Saqib Hussain and Hashim Ijazuddin. Mahek Bukhari is ordered to serve a minimum of 31 years and eight months in custody, while Ansreen Bukhari is ordered to serve at least 26 years and nine months.{{cite web|first=Dan |last=Martin |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-66686382 |title=TikToker Mahek Bukhari and mum jailed for life for crash murders |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=1 September 2023 |accessdate=1 September 2023}}
• 3 September –
• Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says the UK government will "spend what it takes" to put right defective concrete in schools,{{cite web|first=Graeme |last=Baker |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66700026 |title=Jeremy Hunt says government will 'spend what it takes' to make schools safe |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=3 September 2023 |accessdate=3 September 2023}} but concedes that structural problems could be identified in more schools and other public buildings.{{cite web|first=Alexandra |last=Rogers |url=https://news.sky.com/story/more-schools-and-other-public-buildings-with-structural-problems-could-come-to-light-jeremy-hunt-says-12952714 |title=More schools and other public buildings with structural problems could come to light, Jeremy Hunt says |work=Sky News |publisher=Sky UK |date=3 September 2023 |accessdate=3 September 2023}}
• Data released by the UK government indicates one in five children of school age in England are regularly missing school.{{cite web|first=Andre |last=Rhoden-Paul |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66701748 |title=One in five children regularly miss school, figures show |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=3 September 2023 |accessdate=3 September 2023}}
• 4 September – The UK government orders an urgent investigation into court buildings built in the 1990s to determine whether they contain reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.{{cite web|first=Henry |last=Zeffman |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66708226 |title=Concrete tests ordered on 1990s court buildings |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=4 September 2023 |accessdate=4 September 2023}}
• 5 September – Birmingham City Council, the largest local authority in Europe, declares itself effectively bankrupt. The crisis, which prevents all but essential spending to protect core services, is linked to a £760m bill to settle equal pay claims, along with implementation of a new IT system.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-66715441 |title=Birmingham City Council 'effectively bankrupt' |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=5 September 2023 |accessdate=5 September 2023}}
• 7 September – A 10-year-old boy dies in hospital after he was electrocuted at a Blackpool hotel a few days earlier.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-66750871 |title=Boy, 10, dies after electric shock at Blackpool hotel Tiffany's |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=8 September 2023 |accessdate=8 September 2023}}
• 9 September – Police in the Pakistani city of Jhelum say they have detained ten relatives of Urfan Sharif, the father of Sara Sharif, for questioning.{{Cite web |first1=Luke |last1=O'Reilly |first2=Flaminia |last2=Luck |first3=Carrie |last3=Davies |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-66763406 |title=Sara Sharif death: Relatives of father detained in Pakistan |date=9 September 2023 |accessdate=9 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 10 September – Nine vehicles are damaged when a privately owned military truck is driven through a police roadblock at Norton Fitzwarren, near Taunton, Somerset.{{Cite web |first=Jasmine |last=Ketibuah-Foley |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-66772197 |title=Military truck driven through police road block in Taunton |date=11 September 2023 |accessdate=11 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}} A man is subsequently charged over the incident.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-66781154 |title=Man charged after military truck 'driven at police' |date=11 September 2023 |accessdate=11 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 11 September –
• England's Autumn 2023 flu vaccination and COVID-19 booster programme begins, having been brought forward from October due to the BA.2.86 variant.{{Cite web |first=Michelle |last=Roberts |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-66750365 |title=Covid vaccines at care homes as BA.2.86 variant spreading |date=11 September 2023 |accessdate=11 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• The grandfather of Sara Sharif tells BBC News that five children who travelled to Pakistan with the dead girl's father have been taken by police.{{Cite web |first1=Caroline |last1=Davies |first2=George |last2=Wright |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66777880 |title=Sara Sharif death: Pakistan police take children from grandfather's house |date=11 September 2023 |accessdate=11 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}} A judge subsequently rules that the children should be sent to a government childcare facility.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66777880 |title=Sara Sharif: Pakistan court moves siblings to government childcare facility |date=11 September 2023 |accessdate=13 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Transport for London bans an advert for an artisan cheese after the product is deemed to be too unhealthy.{{Cite web |first=Adriana |last=Elgueta |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-66778007 |title=Transport for London bans 'unhealthy' artisan cheese advert |date=11 September 2023 |accessdate=11 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 12 September – An inquest into the death of Melissa Kerr, a 31-year-old woman from Gorleston, Norfolk, who died after undergoing buttocks enlargement surgery at a private clinic in Turkey in 2019, concludes she was not given enough information concerning the risks.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-66784272 |title=BBL surgery: Woman who died in Turkey 'not told of risks' |date=12 September 2023 |accessdate=13 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 13 September –
• Three adults who police want to speak to about the death of Sara Sharif return to the UK from Pakistan, and are arrested on suspicion of murder.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66800712 |title=Sara Sharif: Relatives sought over death return to UK from Pakistan |date=13 September 2023 |accessdate=13 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66804350 |title=Sara Sharif: Three relatives arrested over her murder |date=13 September 2023 |accessdate=13 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• The Independent Office for Police Conduct is to investigate Greater Manchester Police over its handling of the wrongful conviction of Andrew Malkinson.{{Cite web |first=Dominic |last=Casciani |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-66796452 |title=Andrew Malkinson: Police investigated over man's wrongful jailing |date=13 September 2023 |accessdate=13 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• A power supply issue at Thames Water's west London treatment works leaves thousands of properties in south west London without water or with low water pressure.{{Cite web |first=James |last=Kelly |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-66797297 |title=Thames Water: London homes and businesses hit with water issues |date=13 September 2023 |accessdate=13 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 14 September –
• Health Secretary Steve Barclay gives his backing to the introduction of Martha's Rule to hospitals in England, where patients are made aware that they are entitled to a second opinion. NHS England will also begin implementing the rule.{{Cite web |first=Michelle |last=Roberts |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-66807426 |title=NHS to introduce Martha's rule for hospital patients |date=14 September 2023 |accessdate=14 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• The Metropolitan Police have paid damages to two women who were arrested at a vigil for Sarah Everard, who was murdered by a serving police officer in March 2021.{{Cite web |first1=Jemma |last1=Crew |first2=Megan |last2=Fisher |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66800801 |title=Met Police: Women reveal moments before Everard vigil arrest |date=14 September 2023 |accessdate=14 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 15 September –
• Three people appear in court charged with the murder of Sara Sharif, and are remanded in custody.{{Cite web |first=Daniel |last=Sandford |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66817023 |title=Sara Sharif's father, stepmother and uncle in court accused of her murder |date=15 September 2023 |accessdate=15 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• The Metropolitan Police apologises and agrees to pay compensation to Alfie Meadows, who sustained brain injuries after being hit with a baton by a police officer during the 2010 student protests.{{Cite web |first=Oliver |last=Slow |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66827856 |title=Alfie Meadows: Met agrees payout for man injured at 2010 protest |date=15 September 2023 |accessdate=16 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 16 September – A man is arrested in the Royal Mews near Buckingham Palace following reports of someone climbing a wall in the area; he is detained under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act on suspicion of trespassing.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-66830925 |title=Buckingham Palace: Arrest after man scales Royal Mews wall |date=16 September 2023 |accessdate=16 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 17 September – Heavy rain causes flash flooding in Kenton, Devon.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-66842486 |title=Clean-up operation under way after Devon flash floods |date=18 September 2023 |accessdate=18 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 19 September – The UK government announces that commissioners will be appointed to oversee the running of Birmingham City Council following its recent financial troubles.{{Cite web |first1=Vanessa |last1=Pearce |first2=Rob |last2=Mayor |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-66852048 |title=Government sending in officials to run Birmingham |date=19 September 2023 |accessdate=19 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 21 September – During a hearing at the Old Bailey, Daniel Khalife pleads not guilty to escaping from Wandsworth Prison.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66876658 |title=Daniel Khalife pleads not guilty to Wandsworth prison escape |date=21 September 2023 |accessdate=21 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 22 September – Surrey Police release new pictures of Sara Sharif as they appeal for more information about her.{{Cite web |first=Christian |last=Fuller |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-66889585 |title=Sara Sharif: New pictures of girl released by Surrey Police |date=22 September 2023 |accessdate=22 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 23 September –
• Media outlets, including BBC News, report that a number of firearms officers have stepped back from their role within the Metropolitan Police after a colleague was charged with murder over the shooting of Chris Kaba.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-66903749|title=Chris Kaba: Armed officers step back from duties after Kaba murder charge|date=23 September 2023|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC}}
• Former prime minister Boris Johnson warns present prime minister Rishi Sunak against building what he describes as a "mutilated" version of HS2 following reports that the northern leg of the route from Birmingham to Manchester could be scrapped amid concerns over spiralling costs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66895425|title=HS2: Johnson warns against 'mutilated' version of rail link|date=23 September 2023|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC}}
• 24 September –
• The Ministry of Defence is offering the Metropolitan Police armed soldiers to support its officers after several firearms officers handed in their weapons.{{Cite web |first1=Aoife |last1=Walsh |first2=Joe |last2=Inwood |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66906201 |title=Chris Kaba: MoD offers military support after armed Met officers turn in weapons |date=24 September 2023 |accessdate=24 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Greater Manchester becomes the first area of England to reverse bus deregulation with the launch of its Bee Network, whereby bus services are franchised by the local authority to bus companies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-66901355 |title=Locally controlled buses return to Greater Manchester after 37 years |date=24 September 2023 |accessdate=24 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 25 September –
• NHS England announces that more than one million appointments and treatments have been lost due to strike action by NHS staff.{{Cite web |first1=Nick |last1=Triggle |first2=Elena |last2=Bailey |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-66918525 |title=NHS strikes: More than a million appointments cancelled in England |date=25 September 2023 |accessdate=25 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham says that scrapping the HS2 rail link between Birmingham and Manchester risks "ripping the heart" out of plans to improve rail services across northern England.{{Cite web |first=Nick |last=Edser |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66909732 |title=HS2: Backlash against scrapping Manchester rail link grows |date=25 September 2023 |accessdate=25 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 27 September –
• Comer Homes Group is ordered to demolish two tower blocks it built as part of the Mast Quay Phase II complex after Greenwich Borough Council planners determined the blocks differed significantly from the original plans that were submitted and approved in 2012.{{Cite web |first=James |last=Kelly |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-66934296 |title=Woolwich: Developers ordered to demolish 'mutant' apartment blocks |date=27 September 2023 |accessdate=27 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 28 September – A 16-year-old boy is arrested in connection with the felling of the Sycamore Gap Tree at Hadrian's Wall, which was cut down overnight.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-66952980 |title=Sycamore Gap: Boy, 16, arrested after Hadrian's Wall tree felled |date=28 September 2023 |accessdate=28 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 29 September –
• A 15-year-old girl and a bus driver are killed, and several children taken to hospital, after a school bus overturns on the M53 motorway at Wirral, Merseyside.{{Cite web |first1=Lauren |last1=Hirst |first2=Tom |last2=Mullen |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-66958251 |title=M53 crash: Major incident as school bus full of children overturns |date=29 September 2023 |accessdate=29 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-66962194 |title=M53 crash: Girl, 15, and driver killed after school bus overturns |date=29 September 2023 |accessdate=29 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• A 17-year-old boy appears in court charged with the murder of Elianne Andam, and is remanded in youth detention to appear before the Old Bailey on 3 October.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-66942594 |title=Elianne Andam: Boy, 17, appears in court over murder of schoolgirl in Croydon |date=29 September 2023 |accessdate=29 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 30 September – Go North East bus drivers begin strike action after last-minute talks over pay between the bus operator and Unite ended without a resolution.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-66946249 |title=Go North East: Two weeks of bus strikes to go ahead in October |date=29 September 2023 |accessdate=8 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}

• 1 October – A ban on single-use plastic cutlery, plates and polystyrene trays comes into force in England.{{Cite web |first1=Daniel |last1=Thomas |first2=Nick |last2=Garnett |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66946643 |title=Single-use plastic ban: Some firms unaware of England's new ban |date=28 September 2023 |accessdate=29 September 2023 |publisher=BBC |work=BBC News}}
• 2 October –
• NHS doctors in England begin a 72-hour strike as their dispute over pay and conditions continues.{{Cite web |first=Nick |last=Triggle |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-66952241 |title=72-hour doctor strike to cause extreme disruption |date=1 October 2023 |accessdate=2 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Education Secretary Gillian Keegan announces plans to ban pupils from using mobile phones at schools, both in lessons and during breaktime.{{Cite web |first1=Chris |last1=Mason |first2=Branwen |last2=Jeffreys |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66979378|title=Gillian Keegan pledges crackdown on mobiles in schools|date=2 October 2023|accessdate=2 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• A gas tank explodes at the Severn Trent Green Power site in Cassington, Oxfordshire, after it is struck by lightning.{{Cite web |first=Indy |last=Almroth-Wright |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-66991876 |title=Oxfordshire explosion: Crews work through night at recycling plant |date=3 October 2023 |accessdate=3 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• A boy is taken to hospital in a critical condition along with a man in his 50s after both are hit by lightning during a football match at The Sele School in Hertford.{{Cite web |first1=Helen |last1=Burchell |first2=Rachael |last2=McMenemy |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-66992312 |title=Boy struck by lightning at Hertford school football match |date=3 October 2023 |accessdate=3 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 3 October –
• Appearing at Sheffield Crown Court, a 13-year-old boy admits causing the death of Marcia Grant, 60, by running her over with her own car in the Greenhill area of Sheffield in April 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-66989135 |title=Marcia Grant: Boy, 13, admits killing woman with her own car |date=3 October 2023 |accessdate=3 October 2023 |first=Victoria |last=Scheer |publisher=BBC |work=BBC News}}
• Following a trial at Worcester Crown Court, food processing factory worker Garry Jones, who contaminated food destined for Nando's with plastic gloves, plastic bags and metal ring pulls is sentenced to three years in prison.{{Cite web |first=Caroline |last=Gall |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-66997510 |title=Factory worker who contaminated food destined for Nando's jailed |date=3 October 2023 |accessdate=3 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 4 October – Sunak confirms plans to replace A Levels and T Levels in England with a new qualification called the Advanced British Standard.{{Cite web |first1=Julia |last1=Bryson |first2=Branwen |last2=Jeffreys |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/education-67008206 |title=Advanced British Standard: Sunak qualification will replace A-levels and T-levels |date=4 October 2023 |accessdate=4 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 5 October –
• Historic England says it has discovered damage to Hadrian's Wall next to the felled Sycamore Gap Tree.{{Cite web |first=Samantha |last=Jagger |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-67015699 |title=Sycamore Gap: Hadrian's Wall damage found after tree cut down |date=5 October 2023 |accessdate=5 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• An inquest is opened and adjourned into the M53 motorway coach crash.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-67021823 |title=Girl, 15, thrown from coach in M53 crash, coroner's court told |date=5 October 2023 |accessdate=5 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 8 October –
• Part of the Grade II listed Old Courthouse in Cockermouth, Cumbria, collapses into the River Cocker.{{Cite web |first=Chris |last=Robinson |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-67045845 |title=Back of Cockermouth's Old Courthouse collapses into river |date=8 October 2023 |accessdate=8 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• A Study published by Altus Group indicates that 383 pubs closed in England during the first six months of 2023, including 46 in London.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67028487 |title=London has most pub closures over six months in England – study |date=8 October 2023 |accessdate=8 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 9 October – Medway Council in Kent cancels its 2023 Christmas lights due to what it describes as a "challenging financial situation".{{Cite web |first=Stuart |last=Maisner |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-67057003 |title=Medway: Christmas lights cancelled by council |date=9 October 2023 |accessdate=9 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 11 October –
• South Yorkshire Police says it is making "ongoing" inquiries after video footage emerged of a man climbing onto the roof of Sheffield Town Hall to replace an Israeli flag with a Palestinian one.{{Cite web |first1=Tom |last1=Airey |first2=Hayley |last2=Coyle |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-67075181 |title=Man scales Sheffield town hall to remove Israeli flag |date=11 October 2023 |accessdate=11 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• An Independent Monitoring Board report into Wandsworth Prison has concluded that the prison is "unsafe and inhumane"; the report was prepared before the escape of Daniel Khalife in September.{{Cite web |first=Jess |last=Warren |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67065800 |title=Wandsworth Prison unsafe and inhumane – watchdog report |date=11 October 2023 |accessdate=11 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 12 October –
• Following reports that some student societies have been distributing leaflets in support of Hamas, education ministers Gillian Keegan and Robert Halfon have written to university vice chancellors in England urging them to "act swiftly and decisively against any threats" to students' safety and welfare.{{Cite web |first=Vanessa |last=Clarke |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/education-67089209 |title=Universities must act swiftly on antisemitism, ministers say |date=12 October 2023 |accessdate=12 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• The number of people waiting for planned NHS treatment in England rises to 7.75 million.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-67087906 |title=NHS waiting list in England rises to record 7.75m |date=12 October 2023 |accessdate=13 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 13 October –
• Three Jewish schools in north London have closed for the day amid safety concerns for their students because of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.{{Cite web |first=Harry |last=Farley |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67096327 |title=Three Jewish schools in London close over security fears |date=12 October 2023 |accessdate=13 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Police have detailed a 22-year-old woman on suspicion of supporting Hamas, which is a prescribed terrorist organisation in the UK, following a speech given at a protest in Brighton on 8 October.{{Cite web |first=Tanya |last=Gupta |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-67100648 |title=Woman held on suspicion of supporting Hamas after Brighton protest |date=13 October 2023 |accessdate=13 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Adil Iqbal, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for causing the death of Frankie Jules-Hough by dangerous driving on the M66 in Bury, Greater Manchester, on 13 May, has the sentence increased to 15 years by the Court of Appeal.{{Cite web |first=Katie |last=Barnfield |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-67099209 |title=Driver who killed pregnant mum in M66 crash has sentence increased |date=13 October 2023 |accessdate=13 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 14 October – A BBC investigation has discovered inequalities in IVF treatment for same-sex couples in England, with them often having to prove their eligibility above and beyond that needed for heterosexual couples, or pay for private treatment rather than it being readily available through the NHS.{{Cite web |first1=Lauren |last1=Moss |first2=Josh |last2=Parry |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66927609 |title=The 'gay tax' facing same-sex couples starting a family |date=13 October 2023 |accessdate=14 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 15 October – A points failure at London's Euston station leads to the closure of all lines from the station and severe delays to train services.{{Cite web |first=James W |last=Kelly |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67115764 |title=Euston station: Major train disruption after signal failure |date=15 October 2023 |accessdate=15 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 16 October – Twelve people are hurt after a bus crashes into a café in Manchester; the driver is arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-67124988 |title=Twelve hurt as bus crashes into cafe in Manchester |date=16 October 2023 |accessdate=16 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}} A woman injured in the crash dies in hospital the following day.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-67132345 |title=Woman injured when bus crashed into Manchester cafe dies |date=17 October 2023 |accessdate=17 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 17 October – The climate change activist Greta Thunberg is arrested by police at an anti-fossil fuel protest in London.{{Cite web |first=Yasmin |last=Rufo |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67136772 |title=Greta Thunberg detained at Fossil Free London protest |date=17 October 2023 |accessdate=17 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}} She is subsequently charged with a public order offence and bailed to appear at a hearing in November.{{Cite web |first=Yasmin |last=Rufo |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67143600 |title=Greta Thunberg charged following Fossil Free London protest |date=18 October 2023 |accessdate=18 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 19 October –
• Two Parliamentary by-elections are scheduled to take place in Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-66717967 |title=Mid Bedfordshire by-election date set for Nadine Dorries' seat |date=5 September 2023 |accessdate=5 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}{{Cite web |first=Andy |last=Giddings |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-66812386 |title=Date confirmed for Tamworth by-election |date=14 September 2023 |accessdate=27 September 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Comedian Omid Djalili cancels a performance at Market Drayton in Shropshire because of "personal threats due to the situation in Israel".{{Cite web |first=Allen |last=Cook |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-shropshire-67162627 |title=Omid Djalili show cancelled over 'personal threats over Israel situation' |date=19 October 2023 |accessdate=19 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• The mother of a black 13-year-old boy from Hackney in East London expresses her anger over an incident in July during which he was detained by police after they thought his water pistol was a gun.{{Cite web |first1=Jess |last1=Warren |first2=Liz |last2=Jackson |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67148208 |title=Boy with water pistol confronted by armed police |date=19 October 2023 |accessdate=19 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}} The Independent Office for Police Conduct launches an investigation into the incident the following day.{{Cite web |first=Jess |last=Warren |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67171426 |title=Met Police: IOPC to investigate water pistol response |date=20 October 2023 |accessdate=20 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• The UK government publishes an updated list of 214 schools and colleges in England affected by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.{{Cite web |first=Louise |last=Parry |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-67158499 |title=More schools in the East of England added to government Raac list |date=19 October 2023 |accessdate=19 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 20 October –
• 2023 Mid Bedfordshire by-election: Labour MP Alistair Strathern wins the constituency of Mid Bedfordshire, with the Conservatives' share of the vote falling by 28.7%, one of the largest swings of the post-war era.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/20/heavy-tory-beating-in-double-labour-victory-breaks-byelection-record |title=Labour success will send chill through spines of Tory MPs |date=20 October 2023 |accessdate=20 October 2023 |work=The Guardian }}
• 2023 Tamworth by-election: Labour MP Sarah Edwards wins the constituency of Tamworth, with the Conservatives' share of the vote falling by 25.6%.
• Leeds Bradford Airport is closed, causing delays to flights, after a TUI plane skids on the runway during landing as a result of heavy rainfall caused by Storm Babet.{{Cite web |first=Pritti |last=Mistry |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-67174117 |title=Leeds Bradford Airport closed after plane skids off runway in storm |date=20 October 2023 |accessdate=20 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}} The airport reopens again the following day.{{Cite web |first1=Chris |last1=Attridge |first2=Pritti |last2=Mistry |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-67180779 |title=Leeds Bradford Airport reopens after plane skids off runway during Storm Babet |date=21 October 2023 |accessdate=21 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Scotland Yard has reported an increase in the number of antisemitic crimes in London since the start of the Israel–Hamas conflict, with 218 incidents reported between 1 and 18 October; the number of incidents reported over the same period in 2022 was 15.{{Cite web |first=Dominic |last=Casciani |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67173038 |title=Hate crimes in London see big jump, police say |date=20 October 2023 |accessdate=20 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 21 October –
• The UK government announces reforms to recycling in England that will see the majority of households receive a weekly collection of food waste by 2026, and a designated list of items councils must recycle.{{Cite web |first=Jonah |last=Fisher |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67176392 |title=Recycling reforms see separate food waste bins for England |date=21 October 2023 |accessdate=21 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Police and Transport for London officials are investigating after video emerged online of a tube driver on the Central Line chanting pro-Palestinian slogans on a train.{{Cite web |first=Guy |last=Lynn |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67182799 |title=Police investigate London Tube driver's pro-Palestinian chant |date=21 October 2023 |accessdate=21 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}} The driver is subsequently suspended pending an investigation by TfL.{{Cite web |first=Yasmin |last=Rufo |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67197942 |title=Tube driver suspended over pro-Palestinian chant |date=23 October 2023 |accessdate=23 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• London's King's Cross railway station is temporarily closed due to overcrowding as passengers are warned not to travel by train because of disruptions caused by Storm Babet.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityam.com/londons-kings-cross-station-forced-to-close-due-to-overcrowding/ |title=London's King's Cross station forced to close due to overcrowding |date=21 October 2023 |website=City AM |accessdate=21 October 2023}}
• Police launch an investigation after three men escape from HM Prison Hollesley Bay on the same day.{{cite news | first=Rachael | last=McMenemy | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-67186623 | title=Hollesley Bay: Three prisoners abscond in one day prompting search | work=BBC News | publisher=BBC | date=22 October 2023 | accessdate=22 October 2023}}
• 22 October – Storm Babet: Residents of 500 properties in Retford, Nottinghamshire are urged to evacuate as Nottinghamshire County Council declares a major flooding incident.{{Cite web |first=Harrison |last=Jones |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67186683 |title=Storm Babet flooding sees severe warnings as hundreds evacuate |date=22 October 2023 |accessdate=22 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 27 October –
• Sixteen people, including a prison health worker, are sentenced to prison for their part in a drugs smuggling ring operating at HM Prison Lindholme.{{Cite web |first=Chris |last=Baynes |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-67233201 |title=HMP Lindholme: UK's biggest prison drug-smuggling gang smashed |date=27 October 2023 |accessdate=27 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Instances of antisemitic crime have continued to increase in London since the start of the Israel–Hamas conflict, with 408 cases occurring since 1 October, compared to 28 for the same period in 2022.{{Cite web |first=Tom |last=Symonds |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67241374 |title=Gaza war: Hate crime soars in London during conflict |date=27 October 2023 |accessdate=27 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 28 October –
• The Priory Meadow Shopping Centre in Hastings is evacuated after rain causes heavy flooding in the town.{{Cite web |first=Nathalie |last=Edell |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-67249009 |title=Hastings shopping centre evacuated after major floods |date=28 October 2023 |accessdate=28 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Nottingham Panthers forward Adam Johnson dies after receiving a serious cut to the neck from an ice skate during a match with the Sheffield Steelers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/ice-hockey/67253892 |title=Ice hockey player Johnson dies after neck cut |date=29 October 2023 |accessdate=29 October 2023 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC}}
• Cars and property are damaged after a tornado strikes Littlehampton in West Sussex.{{Cite web |first=Nathalie |last=Edell |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-67254819 |title=Tornado leaves trail of destruction in West Sussex town |date=29 October 2023 |accessdate=29 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 29 October – Nine people are taken to hospital after a car crashes into a bus stop in Aldwych, central London.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67254368 |title=Nine in hospital as car crashes into London bus stop |date=29 October 2023 |accessdate=29 October 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 30 October – Ealing Central Library is closed temporarily after bed bugs are discovered in the furnishings.{{Cite web |first=Adriana |last=Elgueta |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67284766 |title=Bedbugs: Ealing Library shuts after insects found |date=1 November 2023 |accessdate=1 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}

• 2 November – Andy Street, the Mayor of the West Midlands, has written to the Home Secretary requesting that his office be granted the powers of the area's Police and Crime Commissioner after the next mayoral election because "crime in this region has more than doubled... and I simply cannot allow it to go on any longer".{{Cite web |first=Andy |last=Giddings |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-67298382 |title=West Midlands mayor Andy Street calls for crime commissioner powers |date=2 November 2023 |accessdate=2 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 5 November –
• The Metropolitan Police ends its relationship with adviser Attiq Malik after video emerged of him chanting a pro-Palestinian slogan during a speech to a group in 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67327496 |title=Met Police cuts ties with adviser Attiq Malik after chant video emerges |date=5 November 2023 |accessdate=5 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Surrey County Council declares an emergency after thousands of properties are left without water following a technical problem at a Thames Water treatment works, which is attributed to Storm Ciarán.{{Cite web |first=Rosie |last=Blunt |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4n80lr4gxro |title=Surrey residents without water due to issue at treatment works |date=5 November 2023 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |accessdate=5 November 2023}}
• 7 November –
• Anastrozole, a drug used for a number of years to treat breast cancer, is licensed for use in England as a preventative option.{{Cite web |first=Annabel |last=Rackham |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-67337081 |title=Anastrozole: Thousands to be offered drug to prevent breast cancer in England |date=7 November 2023 |accessdate=7 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• West Yorkshire Police launch a murder investigation after a 15-year-old boy dies following a stabbing near a school in Leeds.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-67347233 |title=Horsforth: Boy, 15, dies after stabbing near school |date=7 November 2023 |accessdate=7 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}} He is later named as Alfie Lewis, a former student at Horsforth School.{{Cite web |first1=Kevin |last1=Shoesmith |first2=Alex |last2=Moss |first3=Tom |last3=Airey |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-67355215 |title=Leeds school stabbing: Victim named as Alfie Lewis |date=8 November 2023 |accessdate=8 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 9 November –
• A 14-year-old boy is remanded in custody charged with the murder of Alfie Lewis.{{Cite web |first=Tom |last=Airey |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-67365743 |title=Alfie Lewis: Boy, 14, in court charged with Horsforth stabbing |date=9 November 2023 |accessdate=9 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Labour's Caroline Woodley is elected mayor of Hackney in London in a by-election.{{Cite news |date=2023-11-10 |title=Hackney mayor: Labour's Caroline Woodley elected |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67379332 |access-date=2023-11-10}}
• 10 November –
• Following trial and conviction at Leicester Crown Court, Katie Tidmarsh is sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 17 years for the 2012 murder of Ruby Thompson, a one-year-old child she had hoped to adopt.{{Cite web |first=George |last=Torr |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-67372812 |title=Ruby Thompson: Woman who murdered baby she wanted to adopt jailed |date=10 November 2023 |accessdate=10 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• A coroner's inquest into the deaths of Lancashire couple John and Susan Cooper, who died while on holiday in Egypt in August 2018, concludes their deaths occurred as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning brought about by the use of a substance containing dichloromethane to kill bed bugs in an adjoining hotel room.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-67381068 |title=Egypt holiday couple died after room sprayed for bedbugs, inquest rules |date=10 November 2023 |accessdate=10 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 13 November – Police confirm that three children are among five members of the same family to have been killed in a house fire in London the previous day.{{Cite web |first=Adriana |last=Elgueta |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67402518 |title=Hounslow house fire: Three children among five victims |date=13 November 2023 |accessdate=13 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}} A sixth person subsequently dies in hospital a few days later.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67440549 |title=Hounslow house fire: Sixth person confirmed dead |date=16 November 2023 |accessdate=16 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 14 November – Around 400 are evacuated from Barton House, the oldest tower block in Bristol, after a survey carried out by Bristol City Council identified structural and fire safety concerns with the building.{{Cite web |first1=Steve |last1=Mellen |first2=Jasmine |last2=Ketibuah-Foley |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-67418923 |title=Barton House in Bristol evacuated over 'structural fault' |date=14 November 2023 |accessdate=14 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}{{Cite web |last=Booth |first=Martin |date=2023-11-15 |title=Hundreds of residents evacuated from Bristol's oldest tower block |url=https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/hundreds-residents-evacuated-bristol-oldest-tower-block/ |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=Bristol24/7 |language=en}}
• 16 November –
• The Department for Education asks the exams regulator, Ofqual, to extend extra support for GCSE students in England for another year as a way to help against the impact of COVID-19 on students taking examinations.{{Cite web |first=Hazel |last=Shearing |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/education-67438619 |title=GCSE students in England to get Covid support |date=16 November 2023 |accessdate=16 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Convicted murderer Ron Evans, 82, also known as the Clifton Rapist, is sentenced to four years in prison after he was earlier convicted of sexually assaulting a woman he met at a community centre.{{Cite web |first=Emma |last=Elgee |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-67440198 |title=Ron Evans: 'Clifton Rapist' jailed for sexual assault |date=16 November 2023 |accessdate=16 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Cumbria Police confirm that a 16-year-old boy arrested in connection with the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree will face no further action.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-67438641 |title=Sycamore Gap: Boy 'faces no further action' on tree felling |date=16 November 2023 |accessdate=16 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Two 12-year-old boys are charged with the murder of 19-year-old Shawn Seesahai, who was fatally stabbed in Wolverhampton three days earlier.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-67445850 |title=Two 12-year-old boys charged with murdering Wolverhampton man |date=16 November 2023 |accessdate=16 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 17 November – Anton Hull, a drink-driver who filmed himself at the wheel saying he was "smashed" then went on to bill 29-year-old Sarah Baker in a crash in Somerset, is sentenced to six years imprisonment and given a nine-year driving ban.{{Cite web |first=Dawn |last=Limbu |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-67461621 |title=Drink-driver filmed himself slurring 'I'm smashed' before killing woman |date=18 November 2023 |accessdate=18 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 18 November –
• Businesses in London have urged the UK government to relax Sunday trading hours because of the cost of living crisis, estimating longer trading hours would generate an extra £300m a year.{{Cite web |first1=Helen |last1=Drew |first2=Liz |last2=Jackson |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67461399 |title=London businesses call for Sunday trading changes |date=18 November 2023 |accessdate=18 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• A study of Bradford's Pakistani community finds that cousin marriage has dropped sharply over the past decade, with 60% of parents born to cousins ten years ago compared to 46% now.{{Cite web |first=Sue |last=Mitchell |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67422918 |title=Fewer cousins marrying in Bradford's Pakistani community |date=18 November 2023 |accessdate=18 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Ice hockey team Nottingham Panthers play their first game since the death of Adam Johnson. The Adam Johnson Memorial Game is played against Manchester Storm.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/ice-hockey/67465579 |title=Tributes paid in first Panthers game since player's death |date=18 November 2023 |accessdate=18 November 2023 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC}}
• 19 November – An earthquake measuring 2.7 magnitude strikes parts of Cornwall at 12.50am.{{Cite web |first=Jonathan |last=Morris |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c724le759lro |title=Cornwall shaken by 2.7 magnitude earthquake |date=19 November 2023 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |accessdate=19 November 2023}}
• 20 November – Four men are convicted of the August 2022 murder of Ashley Dale in Liverpool following a disagreement involving her boyfriend.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-67456068 |title=Ashley Dale: Four guilty of murder after row at Glastonbury |date=20 November 2023 |accessdate=21 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 21 November – North Hertfordshire Museum announces it will reclassify the Roman Emperor Elagabalus as a trans woman in its display about the historical figure because classical texts claim the emperor once said "call me not Lord, for I am a Lady".{{Cite web |first=Yasmin |last=Rufo |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67484645 |title=Museum reclassifies Roman emperor as trans woman |date=21 November 2023 |accessdate=21 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 22 November – James Witham, Joseph Peers, Niall Barry, and Sean Zeisz are each sentenced to life imprisonment with minimum terms of over 40 years for the murder of Ashley Dale.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/22/four-men-jailed-for-of-ashley-dale-in-liverpool |title=Four men jailed for murder of Ashley Dale in Liverpool |first1=Robyn |last1=Vinter |date=22 November 2023 |accessdate=22 November 2023 |work=The Guardian}}
• 23 November – A man is shot dead by armed police in Dagenham after telling Met officers he wanted to kill himself and had loaded guns. The matter is automatically referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67517446 |title=Dagenham: Armed man dies in police shooting |date=24 November 2023 |accessdate=24 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 24 November – West Midlands Police is placed into special measures by Home Secretary James Cleverly after a review found it was not be effectively investigating or managing the risk to the public of sex offenders.{{Cite web |first=Vanessa |last=Pearce |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-67518400 |title=West Midlands Police: Force in special measures over sex offender failings |date=24 November 2023 |accessdate=24 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 28 November – The Department for Education launches a consultation on how best to provide a minimum service level in schools in England during teaching strikes.{{Cite web |first=Nathan |last=Standley |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/education-67555351 |title=Striking unions to be required to keep schools open |date=28 November 2023 |accessdate=28 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 29 November –
• Natural England announces that England will be getting a new National Park. The Chilterns, The Cotswolds and Dorset could become new National Parks.{{Cite web |first=Chris |last=Mason |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67538625 |title=England to get new national park as part of nature plan|date=29 November 2023 |accessdate=29 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Nottingham City Council declares itself effectively bankrupt, with a £23m overspend forecast for the 2023–24 financial year.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-67380096 |title=Nottingham City Council declares itself effectively bankrupt|date=29 November 2023 |accessdate=29 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Bigamist Jason Hayter of Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, is sentenced to eight weeks in prison suspended for 12 months and placed under night curfew for being married to two women simultaneously.{{Cite web |first1=Alex |last1=Dunlop |first2=Mariam |last2=Issimdar |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-67566859 |title=Frinton-on-Sea bigamist gets suspended term for 'cruel deception' |date=29 November 2023 |accessdate=29 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 30 November – At least three police officers are injured during disorder ahead of a football match between Aston Villa and Legia Warsaw in Birmingham. Aston Villa confirms that no away fans were let into the stadium on the advice of police following the trouble.{{Cite web |first=Maisie |last=Olah |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-67585147 |title=Police injured as objects thrown at officers outside Villa Park |date=30 November 2023 |accessdate=30 November 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}

• 1 December – Everton Football Club launch an appeal against the decision to dock them ten Premier League points.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67591673 |title=Everton launch appeal against points deduction |publisher=BBC Sport |date=1 December 2023 |accessdate=1 December 2023}}
• 2 December –
• Havering London Borough Council reverses its decision to cancel the display of Hanukkah candles outside its town hall, having previously said the display would not go ahead because of "escalating tensions from the conflict in the Middle East".{{Cite web |first=Eve |last=Watson |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67601261 |title=Havering Council U-turn over cancelled Hanukkah candle display |date=2 December 2023 |accessdate=2 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Police declare a major incident in Cumbria, which is affected by heavy snowfall. As much as 30 cm has fallen by the following day.{{Cite web |first1=James |last1=Gregory |first2=Louisa |last2=Pilbeam |first3=Harrison |last3=Jones |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67604834 |title=Snow disrupts travel as cold and icy spell persists |date=3 December 2023 |accessdate=3 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 5 December –
• Junior doctors in England will stage further strike action after rejecting the latest pay offer, the British Medical Association confirms, with a three-day strike scheduled to begin on 20 December and a six-day strike scheduled to begin on 3 January 2024.{{Cite web |first=Nick |last=Triggle |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-67626218 |title=Junior doctors plan nine days of strikes, after talks collapse |date=5 December 2023 |accessdate=5 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• A woman, later named as Lianne Gordon, is shot dead in an incident in east London. A teenage boy and a man are also injured in the shooting.{{Cite web |first1=Adriana |last1=Elgueta |first2=James W |last2=Kelly |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67637793 |title=Hackney shooting: Victim named locally as Lianne Gordon |date=6 December 2023 |accessdate=6 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 6 December – Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street confirms the Home Secretary has authorised his application to have the powers of the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner subsumed into his mayoral role from May 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2023/12/06/andy-street-says-next-west-midlands-mayor-will-get-pcc-powers/ |title=Row erupts as West Midlands mayor launches "hostile takeover" of police and crime commissioner's powers |first=Paul |last=Jenkins |date=6 December 2023 |website=Express and Star |accessdate=6 December 2023}}
• 7 December –
• An inquest into the death of Ruth Perry rules that an Ofsted report "likely contributed" to the head teacher taking her life in January 2023.{{Cite web |first1=Vanessa |last1=Clarke |first2=Marthe |last2=de Ferrer |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/education-67639942 |title=Ruth Perry: Ofsted inspection 'contributed' to head teacher's death |date=7 December 2023 |accessdate=7 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Six former Metropolitan Police officers are given suspended sentences after sending racist, sexist and homophobic WhatsApp messages.{{Cite web |first=Tom |last=Symonds |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67650961 |title=Met Police: Ex-officers sentenced over racist WhatsApp posts |date=7 December 2023 |accessdate=7 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 9 December – A 16-year-old boy is charged with the murder of Lianne Gordon.{{Cite web |first=Jess |last=Warren |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67669578 |title=Hackney shooting: Boy charged over Lianne Gordon killing |date=9 December 2023 |accessdate=9 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 10 December –
• The Metropolitan Police confirms that Deveca Rose, a 29-year-old mother, whose four children died in a South London house fire in December 2021, has been charged with manslaughter. Rose also faces charges of child abandonment.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67674987 |title=Sutton fire: Mother charged after four children killed |date=10 December 2023 |accessdate=10 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• The skull of a pliosaur has been excavated from the cliffs of Dorset's Jurassic Coast.{{Cite web |first1=Jonathan |last1=Amos |first2=Alison |last2=Francis |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67650247|title=Pliosaur discovery: Huge sea monster emerges from Dorset cliffs |date=10 December 2023 |accessdate=10 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• McDonald's says it has "permanently removed" a "third party security guard" who was filmed the previous day kicking a homeless man's possessions out of the way while mopping the floor outside the food outlet's premises in Victoria Street, London. The footage gained public attention after it was posted on social media.{{Cite web |first=Jess |last=Warren |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67674981 |title=McDonald's security guard soaks homeless man's sleeping bag |date=10 December 2023 |accessdate=10 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 11 December –
• Following a trial at the Old Bailey, Ashana Studholme, Lisa Richardson and Shaun Pendlebury are convicted of the September 2022 murder of Shakira Spencer, a west London mother-of-two, who was tortured, starved and beaten to death by the trio.{{Cite web |first1=June |last1=Kelly |first2=Alex |last2=Dackevych |first3=Judith |last3=Burns |first4=Naresh |last4=Puri |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67497063 |title=Shakira Spencer: Three convicted of torture murder of mother of two |date=11 December 2023 |accessdate=11 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) and National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) issue a joint statement calling for the immediate pause of Ofsted inspections following the outcome of the inquest into the death of Ruth Perry.{{Cite web |first=Nathan |last=Standley |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c72q87x25zdo |title=Unions call for immediate pause to Ofsted inspections |date=11 December 2023 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |accessdate=11 December 2023}}
• 12 December –
• Nottingham City Council outlines a programme of cost savings, including the loss of 550 jobs, as it seeks to deal with a £50m deficit.{{Cite web |first=Greig |last=Watson |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-67683329 |title='Bankrupt' Nottingham City Council outlines major cost-cutting plans |date=12 December 2023 |accessdate=12 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• At a meeting with MPs, Sir Adrian Montague, chairman of Thames Water, says that the company cannot afford to repay a £190m loan which is due in April 2024.{{Cite web |first=Simon |last=Jack |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67696645 |title=Thames Water says it can't pay back £190m loan |date=12 December 2023 |accessdate=12 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 14 December – Nurse Catherine Hudson and care assistant Charlotte Wilmot are convicted and sent to prison for drugging stroke patients with unprescribed sedatives at Blackpool Victoria Hospital in 2017 and 2018 in order to have an "easy shift".{{Cite web |first1=Lauren |last1=Hirst |first2=Rachael |last2=Lazaro |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-67706765 |title=Blackpool nurse and colleague jailed over drugging patients |date=14 December 2023 |accessdate=14 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 15 December – Police searching for Norwich mother-of-three Gaynor Lord, missing since the previous week, find a body in the city's River Wensum.{{Cite web |first1=Andy |last1=Trigg |first2=James |last2=Hore |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-67728331 |title=Gaynor Lord: Body found in search for missing Norwich mum |date=15 December 2023 |accessdate=15 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 16 December –
• Luton's Premier League match with Bournemouth is suspended after their captain, Tom Lockyer, collapses on the pitch.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67738555 |title=Game abandoned after Lockyer collapses on pitch |date=16 December 2023 |accessdate=16 December 2023 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC}}
• The office of London mayor Sadiq Khan confirms that vehicles eligible for scrappage as part of London's Ultra Low Emission Zone scheme cannot legally be sent to Ukraine. The announcement comes after Vitali Klitschko, mayor of Kyiv, wrote to Khan suggesting the idea.{{Cite web |first=James W |last=Kelly |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67737663 |title=London's Ulez-scrapped cars cannot go to Ukraine, Sadiq Khan says |date=16 December 2023 |accessdate=16 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 18 December – A body found in the River Wensum in Norwich is formally identified as that of missing Gaynor Lord.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-67742239 |title=Gaynor Lord: Body confirmed as missing Norwich mother |date=18 December 2023 |accessdate=18 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 19 December – The UK government publishes new guidelines advising schools in England on how to deal with pupils who wish to change their gender, be known under a different name or wear different uniform, urging schools to "take a very cautious approach" and to inform parents of any gender related issues.{{Cite web |first1=Lauren |last1=Moss |first2=Josh |last2=Parry |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67754359 |title=Transgender guidance: Schools to keep parents informed |date=19 December 2023 |accessdate=19 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}} An annotated draft of the document subsequently emerges, which suggests lawyers have concerns about the guidelines.{{Cite web |first1=Lauren |last1=Morr |first2=Josh |last2=Parry |first3=Henry |last3=Zeffman |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67794387 |title=Lawyers told ministers schools trans guidance was 'high risk' |date=22 December 2023 |accessdate=22 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 20 December –
• Junior doctors in England begin another three-day strike over their long-running pay dispute.{{Cite web |first=Nick |last=Triggle |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-67763603 |title=Disruption warning as junior doctor strikes return |date=20 December 2023 |accessdate=20 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Following his trial and conviction at Bristol Crown Court, Darren Osment, 40, is sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 20 years for the 2012 murder of his partner, Claire Holland, 32, whose body has never been found.{{Cite web |first1=Scott |last1=Ellis |first2=Clara |last2=Bullock |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-67760586 |title=Claire Holland: Darren Osment jailed for life for murder of missing ex-partner |date=20 December 2023 |accessdate=20 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Following a trial at Birmingham Crown Court, Kian Durnin, Martinho De-Sousa, and Tireq McIntosh, are each sentenced to 23 years in prison for their part in a shooting attack at a Wolverhampton park during which two children were injured.{{Cite web |first=Alice |last=Cullinane |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-67774987 |title=Three men jailed over Wolverhampton playground shooting |date=20 December 2023 |accessdate=20 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 21 December – The UK government confirms that British Sign Language will be taught at GCSE level in England from September 2025.{{Cite web |first=Munaza |last=Rafiq |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/disability-67772338 |title=British Sign Language to be introduced as GCSE in England |date=21 December 2023 |accessdate=21 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 22 December – Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper announces that regulated train fares in England will rise by 4.9% from March 2024.{{Cite web |first1=Sam |last1=Gruet |first2=Michael |last2=Race |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67784711 |title=Rail fares in England to rise by up to 4.9% in March |date=22 December 2023 |accessdate=22 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 23 December – Rebecca Welch becomes the first female referee to officiate at a Premier League match as Fulham play Burnley at Craven Cottage.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67705029 |title=Welch to become Premier League's first female referee |accessdate=14 December 2023 |date=14 December 2023 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67811583|title=Welch becomes first woman to referee in Premier League|work=BBC Sport }}
• 24 December – A 22-year-old woman is stabbed to death during an incident in Bermondsey, south London. A 16-year-old boy is subsequently arrested on suspicion of murder.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67820028 |title=Teen arrested after woman stabbed to death in London |date=25 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 26 December – Sam Allison becomes the first black referee to take charge of a Premier League match for 15 years when he officiates at Sheffield United's game against Luton Town.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67815639 |title=Why has it taken 15 years for a black Premier League ref? |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=26 December 2023 |accessdate=21 January 2024}}
• 27 December – A murder investigation is under way after a car struck a crowd of people outside a property in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, killing a 40-year-old man.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-67830515 |title=Sheffield: Murder investigation under way after car hits crowd |date=27 December 2023 |accessdate=21 January 2024 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• 28 December –
• Three men are drowned after a 4x4 vehicle plunges into the River Esk in North Yorkshire.{{Cite web |first=Stuart |last=Harratt |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-67836876 |title=Three men die after 4x4 enters River Esk in North York Moors |date=28 December 2023 |accessdate=28 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
• Six fire appliances are called to a suspected fire at the top of Blackpool Tower, which turns out to be orange netting blowing in the wind.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-67835079 |title=Blackpool Tower 'fire' was fluttering orange netting |date=28 December 2023 |accessdate=28 December 2023 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}

• 28 March – Paul O'Grady, comedian, actor and drag queen (born 1955){{cite news |title=TV star and comedian Paul O'Grady dies aged 67 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/paul-o-grady-death-cause-67-b2309853.html |website=The Independent |access-date=29 March 2023 |date=29 March 2023}}
• 22 April – Len Goodman, ballroom dancer and television personality (born 1944){{cite web |title=Len Goodman obituary: From the East End to Strictly Come Dancing studio |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58929590 |website=BBC News |access-date=24 April 2023 |date=24 April 2023}}
• 26 November – Terry Venables, football player and manager (born 1943)

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