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.
29th February - Leap Year Bank Holiday
Open from Monday 9th January 2012 to Monday 9th July 2012
45 signatures
Make June 23rd a bank holiday to celebrate UK Independence Day
Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
45 signatures
Make June 25th. 2021 an "Australian Christmas" bank holiday.
Open from Wednesday 28th October 2020 to Wednesday 28th April 2021
43 signatures
Make 23rd April a Bank Holiday in England to celebrate St. George's day.
Open from Thursday 28th May 2020 to Saturday 28th November 2020
43 signatures
Make the 5th of November a public holiday
Open from Thursday 8th October 2015 to Friday 8th April 2016
43 signatures
Make Monday 21st November 2022 A Bank Holiday as England KO at 1pm in the FIFAWC
Open from Wednesday 6th April 2022 to Thursday 20th October 2022
42 signatures
Double pay for Sunday working
Open from Wednesday 27th August 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
42 signatures
Make June 23 a Bank Holiday!
Open from Thursday 1st July 2021 to Saturday 1st January 2022
41 signatures
8th of March “International Women’s Day” to become a bank holiday
Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
40 signatures
Make June 14 2022 a Bank Holiday
Open from Monday 21st June 2021 to Tuesday 21st December 2021
40 signatures
Create an annual bank holiday to mark Sir David Attenborough's birthday
Open from Thursday 1st August 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
39 signatures
Hold a Deliberation Day on a new bank holiday for any EU membership referendum
Open from Monday 14th December 2015 to Tuesday 14th June 2016
38 signatures
Declare June 24th to be an annual UK wide bank holiday.
Open from Tuesday 7th March 2017 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
36 signatures
International Women's Day to be a bank holiday
Open from Tuesday 13th March 2012 to Wednesday 13th March 2013
36 signatures
Establish Hallowe'en (31st October) as an annual national statutory holiday.
Open from Friday 21st October 2016 to Friday 21st April 2017
36 signatures
Make statutory holiday entitlement 26 days plus bank holidays
Open from Monday 7th November 2016 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
36 signatures
Armed Forces Day - National Bank Holiday -1st May
Open from Tuesday 30th August 2011 to Thursday 30th August 2012
36 signatures
Make August 1st a National Bank Holiday in the UK
Open from Wednesday 24th August 2022 to Friday 10th March 2023
35 signatures
Every employee regardless of age will get their birthday off as fully paid leave
Open from Wednesday 29th July 2015 to Friday 29th January 2016
34 signatures
Make it illegal for UK private nurseries to charge parents for
Bank Holidays
Open from Wednesday 1st June 2016 to Thursday 1st December 2016
34 signatures
Make the day after Remembrance Sunday a Bank Holiday to honour our Armed Forces
Open from Tuesday 15th November 2016 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
33 signatures
Bank Holiday in October to celebrate our armed servicemen and women
Open from Monday 8th August 2011 to Wednesday 8th August 2012
32 signatures
Make Bonfire Night a National Holiday
Open from Thursday 20th September 2018 to Wednesday 20th March 2019
31 signatures
A Bank Holiday in honour of Tony Benn
Open from Wednesday 26th March 2014 to Thursday 26th March 2015
30 signatures
Introduce additional bank holiday payments for state pensions
Open from Monday 10th January 2022 to Sunday 10th July 2022
30 signatures
Make the 11th of January a public holiday in memory of David Bowie
Open from Wednesday 13th January 2016 to Wednesday 13th July 2016
29 signatures
Rename the May Day bank holiday to the NHS bank holiday day
Open from Thursday 28th May 2020 to Saturday 28th November 2020
29 signatures
Additional Bank Holiday in October
Open from Thursday 21st April 2016 to Friday 21st October 2016
29 signatures
Make November 11th a permanent yearly bank holiday
Open from Wednesday 12th November 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
29 signatures
We want the goverment to give us a bereavement day bank holiday
Open from Thursday 24th October 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
29 signatures
Opening Day of London 2012 Olympic Games should be a Bank Holiday
Open from Wednesday 31st August 2011 to Friday 31st August 2012
28 signatures
Make 8th May 'Attenborough Day' - a bank holiday for visiting nature.
Open from Monday 14th May 2018 to Wednesday 14th November 2018
28 signatures
Make St Georges Day a bank holiday and it parade mandatory
Open from Wednesday 29th January 2014 to Thursday 29th January 2015
28 signatures
Extra Bank Holiday in Autumn Half Term
Open from Wednesday 28th March 2012 to Friday 28th September 2012
28 signatures
To make November 11th a bank holiday
Open from Tuesday 15th November 2016 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
28 signatures
Additional Bank Holiday every Leap Year
Open from Thursday 27th October 2011 to Saturday 27th October 2012
27 signatures
Establish new Hallowe’en public holiday in England and Wales
Open from Tuesday 21st September 2021 to Monday 21st March 2022
26 signatures
Make the leap year additional day (29th of February) a bank holiday.
Open from Monday 1st April 2019 to Tuesday 1st October 2019
26 signatures
Give shop workers back their Sundays and Bank Holidays
Open from Thursday 27th February 2014 to Friday 27th February 2015
26 signatures
Dedicate July 1st as a bank holiday in memory of princess Diana.
Open from Friday 2nd December 2016 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
25 signatures
Rename the August Bank Holiday "Tony Benn Day"
Open from Monday 17th March 2014 to Tuesday 17th March 2015
25 signatures
New Bank Holiday last Monday of October to celebrate multi-cultural Britain
Open from Friday 5th March 2021 to Sunday 5th September 2021
25 signatures
Mr Cameron to make St Georges Day an Officially Recognised Bank Holiday
Open from Friday 16th May 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
25 signatures
Create a new bank holiday in October
Open from Friday 17th July 2020 to Sunday 17th January 2021
25 signatures
Make the day we leave the EU a national holiday within the United Kingdom!
Open from Monday 30th January 2017 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
24 signatures
Create a new Ancestors Bank Holiday
Open from Tuesday 4th October 2022 to Tuesday 4th April 2023
24 signatures
Extra bank holiday for the Queen's birthday as we had an extra day in February.
Open from Thursday 24th March 2016 to Saturday 24th September 2016
24 signatures
Introduce an annual bank holiday to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee
Open from Wednesday 8th June 2022 to Thursday 22nd December 2022
24 signatures
Move the August Bank Holiday from 31st August to 14th August for VJ Day.
Open from Friday 17th July 2020 to Sunday 17th January 2021
24 signatures
Extra bank holiday next Christmas to make up for this Christmas (Covid 19)
Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
24 signatures
Trafalgar Day
Open from Monday 12th May 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
24 signatures
Remembrance Day a National Day of Commemoration
Open from Tuesday 9th December 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
24 signatures
Award ten bank holiday's to England/Wales.
Open from Monday 18th June 2018 to Tuesday 18th December 2018
23 signatures
Extra Bank Holidays for Baisakhi, Eid & Diwali
Open from Thursday 18th August 2011 to Saturday 18th August 2012
23 signatures
Introduce at least one bank holiday per month in the United Kingdom.
Open from Wednesday 28th December 2022 to Wednesday 28th June 2023
22 signatures
Close all remaining 'City' zoo's.
Open from Monday 6th June 2016 to Tuesday 6th December 2016
22 signatures
Bank Holiday for William and Kate's baby
Open from Tuesday 4th December 2012 to Monday 4th March 2013
22 signatures
Make June 15th (signing of the Magna Carta) a bank holiday
Open from Monday 18th April 2016 to Tuesday 18th October 2016
21 signatures
Make "Flying Ant Day" an official Bank Holiday in the UK.
Open from Wednesday 9th June 2021 to Thursday 9th December 2021
21 signatures
Pay all Universal Credit Payments for December, before Christmas
Open from Tuesday 8th December 2020 to Tuesday 8th June 2021
21 signatures
Move all Monday bank holidays to a Friday
Open from Monday 13th June 2022 to Tuesday 27th December 2022
21 signatures
To make August Bank Holiday Monday reclassified as ‘England Day.’
Open from Wednesday 22nd June 2016 to Thursday 22nd December 2016
20 signatures
Jubilee Bank holiday must be guaranteed for all workers
Open from Friday 16th December 2011 to Saturday 16th June 2012
20 signatures
Grant a ‘Covid 19 Remembrance’ Bank Holiday in 2022
Open from Tuesday 25th January 2022 to Monday 25th July 2022
20 signatures
Make Companies Responsible For Travel Costs After Public Transport Has Stopped.
Open from Thursday 23rd March 2017 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
20 signatures
Bank Holiday for British Olympic Sporting Achievement
Open from Thursday 9th August 2012 to Friday 9th November 2012
20 signatures
Change the early May bank holiday to coincide with and celebrate VE Day
Open from Friday 17th July 2020 to Sunday 17th January 2021
20 signatures
NHS Doctors and Consulants to cover shifts 24/7 365 days
Open from Monday 3rd September 2012 to Tuesday 3rd September 2013
20 signatures
Make Polling Day a Bank Holiday
Open from Monday 15th April 2019 to Tuesday 15th October 2019
20 signatures
Bank holidays
Open from Monday 3rd November 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
19 signatures
Epiphany Bank Holiday
Open from Friday 2nd January 2015 to Monday 30th March 2015
19 signatures
Bank Holiday to recognise unity during Covid Pandemic
Open from Friday 27th November 2020 to Thursday 27th May 2021
18 signatures
Bank Holiday in October
Open from Tuesday 29th October 2013 to Wednesday 29th October 2014
18 signatures
2015 - Agincourt & Waterloo Celebrations
Open from Wednesday 27th February 2013 to Thursday 27th February 2014
17 signatures
Create provision in law for Overtime Payments & max normal hours to be 40/week!
Open from Wednesday 28th November 2018 to Tuesday 28th May 2019
17 signatures
Create a new permanent public holiday on the nearest Monday to Midsummers Day
Open from Tuesday 9th February 2021 to Monday 9th August 2021
17 signatures
Make Christmas Eve a recognised UK Bank Holiday
Open from Tuesday 29th December 2015 to Wednesday 29th June 2016
17 signatures
To establish a new bank holiday for the UK to be named "UK Diversity Day".
Open from Thursday 30th June 2016 to Friday 30th December 2016
16 signatures
Government to declare a new annual bank holiday to celebrate essential workers
Open from Thursday 29th October 2020 to Thursday 29th April 2021
16 signatures
ONE FLOATING BANK HOLIDAY
Open from Thursday 23rd October 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
16 signatures
Make the Monday after Remembrance Sunday a bank holiday.
Open from Thursday 30th November 2017 to Wednesday 30th May 2018
16 signatures
Bank Holiday for England Women's Team Winning the Euros
Open from Wednesday 3rd August 2022 to Friday 17th February 2023
16 signatures
Make every 29 February a "leap year day" Bank Holiday
Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
15 signatures
Rename August Bank Holiday "Charity Day"
Open from Tuesday 21st January 2014 to Monday 21st July 2014
15 signatures
At least one UK-wide Public Holiday per month
Open from Monday 22nd August 2011 to Wednesday 22nd August 2012
15 signatures
Make Halloween a bank holiday.
Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
15 signatures
Keep May 30th as a Bank Holiday
Open from Tuesday 26th April 2022 to Wednesday 9th November 2022
14 signatures
The proposed bank holiday in October should be called Trafalgar Day
Open from Friday 17th July 2020 to Sunday 17th January 2021
14 signatures
Make each county’s patron saint day a bank holiday for that individual county
Open from Thursday 14th July 2022 to Saturday 28th January 2023
14 signatures
Create a new permanent bank holiday celebrating and encouraging women in sport
Open from Wednesday 3rd August 2022 to Friday 17th February 2023
14 signatures
Stop Penalty Charges for Driving in Bus Lanes on Bank Holidays
Open from Wednesday 21st February 2018 to Tuesday 21st August 2018
14 signatures
Make Christmas Eve a Bank Holiday
Open from Friday 15th November 2013 to Saturday 15th November 2014
14 signatures
NEW NHS BANK HOLIDAY
Open from Monday 16th December 2013 to Sunday 16th March 2014
13 signatures
Make June 22nd (or the day after Nightclubs reopen) a bank holiday
Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
13 signatures
Make it illegal for UK private nurseries to charge parents for Bank Holidays.
Open from Friday 26th April 2019 to Saturday 26th October 2019
13 signatures
Rename future Early May Bank Holidays "Key Worker Day"
Open from Thursday 28th May 2020 to Saturday 28th November 2020
13 signatures
Create an Autumn Bank Holiday in November
Open from Wednesday 31st August 2016 to Tuesday 28th February 2017
13 signatures
Making 11/11/18 a Bank Holiday
Open from Tuesday 15th November 2011 to Thursday 15th November 2012
13 signatures
Celebrate HM Queen Elizabeth becoming longest serving Monarch with Bank Holiday
Open from Tuesday 1st September 2015 to Tuesday 1st March 2016
13 signatures
Create an extra bank holiday at Easter 2021 to let people make up for Xmas
Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
13 signatures
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