2008 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 2008 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents

Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II
Prime Minister: Gordon Brown

Events
January

17 January – The number of people affected by norovirus stomach bug in the UK reached an estimated 3 million.
18 January – Last working of Tower Colliery, the last deep mine in the South Wales Valleys (official closure: 25 January).
24 January – Peter Hain resigned as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions over irregular donations.
31 January

Conservative Party MP Derek Conway was suspended from the House of Commons for 10 days over payments made to his son from his parliamentary allowances.
Four men were jailed for 15 years each for their part in the 2006 Securitas raid, the UK's biggest cash robbery.



February

18 February – Mohammed Al Fayed told the inquest into the death of Diana
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