Tags are generated automatically from the petition contents, so sometimes they do end up being a bit imprecise. But manually tagging over a 100,000 petitions would be a bit of a stretch, so we'll just have to put up with the occasional dodgy tag. Sorry about that.
Give the UK a Bank Holiday on Monday July 12th if England win Euro 2020
Open from Tuesday 6th July 2021 to Thursday 6th January 2022
364,822 signatures
If England win the world cup, the Monday should be made a bank holiday for 2018
Open from Friday 29th June 2018 to Saturday 29th December 2018
237,396 signatures
We oppose the poposal to change the August Bank Holday to Margaret Thatcher Day
Open from Monday 8th July 2013 to Tuesday 8th July 2014
52,519 signatures
Create a one off Bank Holiday on Monday June 21st 2021.
Open from Wednesday 28th October 2020 to Wednesday 28th April 2021
41,737 signatures
Please make Diwali an authorised school holiday for children of Asian origin.
Open from Friday 2nd October 2015 to Saturday 2nd April 2016
18,264 signatures
Make St David's day a bank holiday in Wales
Open from Thursday 14th October 2021 to Thursday 14th April 2022
13,034 signatures
Introduce a UK National Day to celebrate our United Kingdom.
Open from Monday 20th July 2015 to Wednesday 20th January 2016
10,221 signatures
Make Dydd Gwyl Dewi (St David's day) an official Holiday in Wales
Open from Tuesday 29th January 2019 to Monday 29th July 2019
6,994 signatures
Keep May 4th 2020 as a bank holiday
Open from Monday 4th March 2019 to Wednesday 4th September 2019
6,319 signatures
Make St. George's Day a Public Holiday
Open from Friday 5th August 2011 to Sunday 5th August 2012
4,266 signatures
Make St Georges Day a Bank Holiday in England.
Open from Friday 6th April 2018 to Saturday 6th October 2018
3,577 signatures
Make August 1st of each year a bank holiday - the 'Abolition of Slavery Day'
Open from Thursday 18th June 2020 to Friday 18th December 2020
3,056 signatures
Make St.Georges Day a Bank Holiday
Open from Tuesday 29th October 2013 to Wednesday 29th October 2014
3,038 signatures
Move the last Bank Holiday in May, into June
Open from Friday 16th March 2018 to Sunday 16th September 2018
2,484 signatures
St Edmund for England
Open from Friday 24th May 2013 to Saturday 24th May 2014
2,483 signatures
Make St. George’s Day an interchangeable National Bank Holiday.
Open from Monday 1st February 2016 to Monday 1st August 2016
2,333 signatures
Make St Patrick's Day a bank holiday
Open from Monday 6th January 2014 to Tuesday 6th January 2015
2,170 signatures
Make St Georges Day a bank holiday in England, and St Davids Day in Wales
Open from Monday 8th August 2011 to Wednesday 8th August 2012
1,579 signatures
St George's day should be a bank holiday.
Open from Tuesday 21st July 2015 to Thursday 21st January 2016
1,042 signatures
Proposal to change August Bank Holiday to Alan Turing Day
Open from Monday 20th January 2014 to Tuesday 20th January 2015
1,038 signatures
Devolve the same powers to Wales as Scotland
Open from Tuesday 15th November 2022 to Monday 15th May 2023
928 signatures
Create a new Bank Holiday in recognition of the NHS and all its amazing workers.
Open from Wednesday 1st April 2020 to Thursday 1st October 2020
643 signatures
Make Transfer Deadline Day a Bank Holiday
Open from Tuesday 5th February 2013 to Sunday 5th May 2013
574 signatures
Stop the Building of houses on Wellesbourne Airfield
Open from Tuesday 25th March 2014 to Wednesday 25th March 2015
553 signatures
Create a November Bank Holiday for Armistice Day starting from the centenary in 2018
Open from Monday 1st September 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
510 signatures
Do NOT spend £28 million on the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022
Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
496 signatures
Grant an extra bank holiday in England on Magna Carta Day, 15th June.
Open from Monday 13th December 2021 to Monday 13th June 2022
456 signatures
Veterans Day Bank Holiday the Monday following Remembrance Sunday
Open from Wednesday 23rd November 2022 to Tuesday 23rd May 2023
456 signatures
Introduce a bank holiday celebrating the Union of Great Britain on 18 September each year if Scotland rejects independence
Open from Monday 24th February 2014 to Tuesday 24th February 2015
443 signatures
Keep the May 1st 2023 Bank Holiday on that date and not move it to May 8th
Open from Monday 17th October 2022 to Monday 17th April 2023
418 signatures
Bank Holiday Monday if England get to the finals of the Euro’s 2020
Open from Tuesday 6th July 2021 to Thursday 6th January 2022
400 signatures
Remembrance Monday Bank Holiday
Open from Friday 5th August 2011 to Sunday 5th August 2012
341 signatures
Make it legal requirement to close shops on bank holidays INCLUDING BOXING DAY
Open from Friday 17th July 2020 to Sunday 17th January 2021
295 signatures
St. George's day & St. David's day bank holidays!
Open from Monday 2nd December 2013 to Tuesday 2nd December 2014
278 signatures
Rename August bank holiday NHS day.
Open from Tuesday 14th January 2014 to Tuesday 14th October 2014
256 signatures
Create a bank holiday to celebrate the marriage of Prince Harry & Meghan Markle
Open from Friday 1st December 2017 to Friday 1st June 2018
248 signatures
Emancipation Day Bank Holiday.... First Monday in August
Open from Thursday 28th June 2018 to Friday 28th December 2018
209 signatures
Parliament to make 24th June a public bank holiday if the UK vote to leave EU
Open from Thursday 28th April 2016 to Friday 28th October 2016
194 signatures
Make St. George's Day a bank holiday in England
Open from Friday 24th August 2012 to Saturday 24th August 2013
193 signatures
Bank Holiday for Monday after Remembrance Sunday
Open from Thursday 16th October 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
180 signatures
Bank holiday to thank those who helped during the COVID-19 crisis
Open from Wednesday 1st April 2020 to Thursday 1st October 2020
177 signatures
CELEBRATE BREXIT!
Make March 29 an annual Bank Holiday
Open from Thursday 17th January 2019 to Wednesday 17th July 2019
169 signatures
Make General Elections bank holidays
Open from Thursday 5th March 2020 to Saturday 5th September 2020
163 signatures
Proclaim a UK Bank Holiday to celebrate HM The Queen's 90th birthday year.
Open from Thursday 19th May 2016 to Saturday 19th November 2016
152 signatures
Have an extra bank holiday to commemorate VE Day in 2020
Open from Monday 1st July 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
152 signatures
Make St Georges Day a bank holiday in England, and St Davids Day in Wales
Open from Thursday 6th August 2015 to Saturday 6th February 2016
146 signatures
name a bank hol after tony benn
Open from Friday 7th March 2014 to Sunday 7th September 2014
144 signatures
Introduce a 'one off' bank holiday after covid-19 pandemic to boost morale.
Open from Thursday 26th March 2020 to Saturday 26th September 2020
133 signatures
Make 29th March a National Bank Holiday - Called Independence Day!
Open from Friday 27th April 2018 to Saturday 27th October 2018
131 signatures
Saint Georges day. A bank holiday celebration for England
Open from Friday 4th April 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
131 signatures
Introduce Black History Independence Day
Open from Friday 17th July 2020 to Sunday 17th January 2021
124 signatures
Make D-Day June 6th a Bank Holiday
Open from Thursday 12th June 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
121 signatures
Keep May Day Bank Holiday
Open from Tuesday 30th August 2011 to Thursday 30th August 2012
118 signatures
Change August 31st bank holiday 2020 to 14th August 2020 for the 75th VJ day.
Open from Thursday 11th July 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
117 signatures
Make Armistice Day a national holiday starting 2018, 100 years since end of WW1.
Open from Friday 17th November 2017 to Thursday 17th May 2018
115 signatures
Make St Davids Day A Bank Holiday in Wales
Open from Wednesday 21st September 2011 to Friday 21st September 2012
112 signatures
Make January 31 a national Bank Holiday - Independence Day
Open from Friday 18th September 2020 to Thursday 18th March 2021
110 signatures
Make 31st October a Bank Holiday
The UK Independence Day
Open from Monday 7th October 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
109 signatures
Support the Bill for a June Bank Holiday (United Kingdom Day).
Open from Tuesday 10th March 2020 to Thursday 10th September 2020
109 signatures
Make the Monday after Mothering Sunday 2021 an extra bank holiday.
Open from Thursday 30th April 2020 to Friday 30th October 2020
109 signatures
Make Hallowe'en an official bank holiday.
Open from Wednesday 19th October 2011 to Friday 19th October 2012
106 signatures
Battle of Waterloo Bank Holiday
Open from Wednesday 4th January 2012 to Friday 4th January 2013
105 signatures
Make the Queens Platinum Jubilee a permanent Bank Holiday
Open from Thursday 28th April 2022 to Friday 11th November 2022
104 signatures
Stop The Council Penalty Charges for Driving in Bus Lanes on Bank Holidays!
Open from Monday 23rd May 2016 to Wednesday 23rd November 2016
98 signatures
Make St David's Day a Bank Holiday in Wales
Open from Monday 2nd March 2015 to Monday 30th March 2015
94 signatures
Say No to an "Independence Day" Bank Holiday on 23rd June.
Open from Tuesday 28th June 2016 to Wednesday 28th December 2016
92 signatures
National bank holiday for Slavery Abolition
Open from Monday 6th December 2021 to Monday 6th June 2022
91 signatures
A Bank Holiday to Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the NHS
Open from Thursday 1st September 2022 to Wednesday 15th March 2023
89 signatures
Make Winston Churchill's birthday, 30th November, a UK bank holiday.
Open from Thursday 10th September 2015 to Thursday 10th March 2016
89 signatures
Create a new bank holiday on 16 June 2016
Open from Thursday 19th May 2016 to Saturday 19th November 2016
85 signatures
HM The Queen - 10 September 2015
Open from Thursday 24th April 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
81 signatures
Make 26th & 27th July 2021 a one off Double Bank Holiday - Christmas in July!
Open from Thursday 26th November 2020 to Wednesday 26th May 2021
81 signatures
Make March 29th Brexit Bank Holiday
Open from Friday 22nd September 2017 to Thursday 22nd March 2018
81 signatures
Make World Mental Health Day a national bank holiday
Open from Monday 8th August 2022 to Wednesday 22nd February 2023
80 signatures
Introduce a new UK bank holiday to mark the day we went into lockdown
Open from Tuesday 3rd November 2020 to Monday 3rd May 2021
78 signatures
Rename the early May bank holiday 'Union Day'
Open from Thursday 5th May 2022 to Saturday 19th November 2022
76 signatures
Make June 23 a bank holiday to celebrate UK Independence Day.
Open from Monday 5th September 2016 to Sunday 5th March 2017
74 signatures
Extra Bank Holiday when Covid restrictions are finally lifted
Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
69 signatures
I Am AGAINST Muslim and Hindu Bank Holidays in the U.K.
Open from Tuesday 3rd June 2014 to Wednesday 3rd December 2014
67 signatures
Scrap plans to mark the Queens Sapphire Jubilee with a bank holiday.
Open from Tuesday 14th March 2017 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
66 signatures
Make displaying graphic images, such as abortion, illegal in public.
Open from Tuesday 21st May 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
66 signatures
Mark June 23 as Independence Day in national calendar & make it a Bank Holiday
Open from Wednesday 5th April 2017 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
63 signatures
Make 12 November 2018 a Bank Holiday to commemorate 100 yrs since the Great War.
Open from Thursday 10th November 2016 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
61 signatures
Create"National Unity Day" UK-wide bank holiday to celebrate all that unites us.
Open from Monday 23rd October 2017 to Monday 23rd April 2018
61 signatures
Make November 11th a national bank holiday and a National Day of Remembrance
Open from Friday 18th November 2022 to Thursday 18th May 2023
60 signatures
Make the first Monday of October a Bank Holiday to mark National Curry Week
Open from Thursday 7th October 2021 to Thursday 7th April 2022
59 signatures
Queen Elizabeth II Day: New bank holiday 8th September or the Birthday (21.4)
Open from Wednesday 28th September 2022 to Tuesday 28th March 2023
59 signatures
Re-regulate rural bus services in England
Open from Tuesday 20th December 2022 to Tuesday 20th June 2023
59 signatures
Introduce a Bank Holiday for St. George's and St. David's Day
Open from Monday 8th February 2016 to Monday 8th August 2016
58 signatures
Grant an extra UK Bank Holiday to Reunite the Community after Brexit
Open from Tuesday 1st October 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
57 signatures
Create a Bank Holiday in memory of armed services personnel killed in service
Open from Monday 14th June 2021 to Tuesday 14th December 2021
55 signatures
Create a new permanent national UK bank holiday: "Bank holiday of Pride."
Open from Monday 16th July 2018 to Wednesday 16th January 2019
54 signatures
Create an annual "dark sky" night
Open from Friday 5th February 2016 to Friday 5th August 2016
51 signatures
Make St. Andrews, St. David’s, St. Patrick’s and St. George’s bank holidays.
Open from Thursday 28th May 2020 to Saturday 28th November 2020
50 signatures
Make a bank holiday in between August bank holiday and Christmas,
Open from Friday 5th July 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
50 signatures
Bank Holiday for the Birth of William and Catherine's Baby
Open from Tuesday 30th April 2013 to Tuesday 30th July 2013
50 signatures
Make Transfer Deadline Day a bank holiday.
Open from Monday 27th February 2017 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
49 signatures
Trafalgar Day to be new bank holiday
Open from Monday 8th August 2011 to Wednesday 8th August 2012
48 signatures
Make Saint David's Day (Wales) and Saint George's Day (England) Bank Holidays
Opened on Thursday 12th December 2024
46 signatures so far
29th February - Leap Year Bank Holiday
Open from Monday 9th January 2012 to Monday 9th July 2012
45 signatures
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