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| 1957, Jan. 9 |
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| Discredited by the failure of his policy in the Suez Canal crisis, Eden resigned and was replaced by Harold Macmillan (Jan. 10). | 1 |
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| March 21–24 |
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| To mend the strain in Anglo-American relations that resulted from the Suez debacle and other disagreements, Prime Minister Macmillan and Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd conferred with U.S. president Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in Bermuda. The British announced their intention to reduce their armed forces and rely on a greater mechanization. The United States promised to supply them with intermediate-range guided missiles. | 2 |
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| April 11 |
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| An agreement was made with Singapore, that it would attain internal self-government on Jan. 1, 1958. | 3 |
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| May 15 |
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| British scientists exploded a hydrogen bomb at Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean. Further tests were carried out on May 31 and June 19, and in Australia (Sept. 14–Oct. 9). | 4 |
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| June 6 |
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| The government decontrolled most rents, despite opposition from the Labour Party. | 5 |
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| Sept |
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| A report issued by the Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution recommended abolishing punitive laws against homosexuality “between consenting adults in private.” The Church of England supported the recommendations. | 6 |
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| Oct. 23–25 |
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| Macmillan and Lloyd visited Washington to discuss the new situation created by the Russian success in putting a manned space vehicle, Sputnik I, into orbit. The conferees arrived at a Declaration of Common Purpose. | 7 |
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