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Suspend any bank holidays during the period of COVID-19 lockdown.

Submitted on Monday 30th March 2020

Rejected on Wednesday 1st April 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Suspend any bank holidays during the period of COVID-19 lockdown.

Petition Details

Suspend any bank holidays during the period of COVID-19 to be re-instated later this year, or next.

Additional Information

People self-isolating will not be able to enjoy the bank holiday. Those working need to working to support the country. Food shops need to remain open during the period of lockdown.


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This petition was rejected

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.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304513

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: www.gov.uk/coronavirus

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

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