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Increase the number of bank holidays in England & Wales to 10 days

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)

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Tagged with

10 days ~ bank holiday ~ Banks ~ country ~ England ~ England and Wales ~ Holidays ~ Ireland ~ Northern ~ Northern Ireland ~ productivity ~ Promoting ~ Reasonable ~ Wales ~ Wellbeing

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 80 signatures in total, with signatories from 70 constituencies. That makes it the 1,132nd most popular open petition, and the 23,907th most popular of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 25% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of -2% (very low).

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Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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