The Ministry of Social Security merges with the Ministry of Health to form the Department of Health and Social Security. British government announces spending cuts. Government announces that Asian immigration to be reduced to 1,500 per year. British government announces plan to limit immigration. Martin Luther King is assassinated in Memphis.
Riots erupt in Chicago, Baltimore, Washington, and Cincinnati.
Part of a tower block at Ronan Point collapses due to a gas leak leaving three dead. Calls for investigations into the safety of high-rise buildings are heard. National Health Service prescription charges are re-introduced. Violent confrontation between National Front and opponents in Red Lion Square. The Fulton Report on the civil service is published and the government accepts its main recommendations.