Submitted on Monday 10th June 2019
Rejected on Monday 1st July 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Keep 4/5/20 as, and add 8/5/20 as a bank holiday to mark 75 years since VE Day.
It has been announced in the past few days that 4/5/20 will no longer be a bank holiday, with less than 12 months notice. This will result in events that require long-term planning having to be rearranged at high costs. The new bank holiday (8/5/20) should remain as an additional one.
VE Day was an important day in the history of Europe, so the day should be kept as an additional bank holiday. This is the reason for changing the day in the first place. However, such a change should not be implemented with such short notice, considering the date has been known for the past 75 years.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/242483
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/263926
3.138.116.20 Fri, 03 May 2024 10:00:57 +0100
