Submitted by Eleanor Bennett on Tuesday 14th October 2025
Published on Wednesday 26th November 2025
Current status: Open
Open until: Tuesday 26th May 2026
Current Signatures: 80
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Relevant Departments
Tagged with
10 days ~ bank holiday ~ Banks ~ country ~ England ~ England and Wales ~ Holidays ~ Ireland ~ Northern ~ Northern Ireland ~ productivity ~ Promoting ~ Reasonable ~ Wales ~ Wellbeing
Increase the number of bank holidays in England & Wales to 10 days
Bring the number of bank holidays in England and Wales in line with Northern Ireland, so that there are 10 ban holidays per year in England and Wales instead of the current 8.
We believe that it would be reasonable and equitable to bring the number of bank holidays in England and Wales in line with the rest of the country, in order to promote consistency across the UK. Providing 10 bank holidays annually could support employee wellbeing and productivity.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
216.73.216.231 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:32:56 +0100
