Submitted on Saturday 27th February 2016
Rejected on Monday 29th February 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
The 29th February should be considered as a UK national public holiday
The 29th of February only comes around once every 4 years. We repeatedly receive marketing emails stating "what are you doing with your free day?". At the moment it isn't a free day! I propose this day being a public holiday, perhaps celebrating family (similar to thanksgiving in the US).
The biggest argument against the proposal would be the impact to the economy with a lost business day (when the 29th is on a weekday). I believe that impact would be reduced by the significant increase in travel and leisure expenditure should the idea of a "family day" take off.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/112392
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