Petitions tagged with "Bank holiday"

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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.

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• 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

• Stop businesses from making staff use annual leave at Christmas
  Open from Monday 27th January 2025 to Sunday 27th July 2025
  58 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

• Make Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve & 2 January bank holidays & seek UK alignment
  Opened on Wednesday 11th February 2026
  54 signatures so far

• 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

• Cut alcohol duty and VAT for pubs and restaurants & consider new bank holiday
  Opened on Wednesday 8th April 2026
  52 signatures so far

• Create an annual "dark sky" night
  Open from Friday 5th February 2016 to Friday 5th August 2016
  51 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 a bank holiday in between August bank holiday and Christmas,
  Open from Friday 5th July 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
  50 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 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

• Bank holiday for the 80th Anniversary of the end of WWII
  Open from Friday 10th January 2025 to Thursday 10th July 2025
  46 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 D-Day a Bank Holiday
  Open from Monday 10th June 2013 to Tuesday 10th June 2014
  45 signatures

• 29th February - Leap Year Bank Holiday
  Open from Monday 9th January 2012 to Monday 9th July 2012
  45 signatures

• Make the 15th June 2026 a bank holiday for England and Wales
  Opened on Friday 13th March 2026
  43 signatures so far

• Make June 25th. 2021 an "Australian Christmas" bank holiday.
  Open from Wednesday 28th October 2020 to Wednesday 28th April 2021
  43 signatures

• Make the 5th of November a public holiday
  Open from Thursday 8th October 2015 to Friday 8th April 2016
  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

• Double pay for Sunday working
  Open from Wednesday 27th August 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
  42 signatures

• Create a new bank holiday celebrating face to face social time
  Open from Thursday 15th May 2025 to Saturday 15th November 2025
  42 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

• Establish Harvest Day as a national bank holiday.
  Open from Tuesday 14th January 2025 to Monday 14th July 2025
  41 signatures

• Make June 23 a Bank Holiday!
  Open from Thursday 1st July 2021 to Saturday 1st January 2022
  41 signatures

• Introduce a bank holiday for every month of the year
  Open from Tuesday 2nd September 2025 to Monday 2nd March 2026
  41 signatures

• Make June 14 2022 a Bank Holiday
  Open from Monday 21st June 2021 to Tuesday 21st December 2021
  40 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 St Swithin's Day a Bank Holiday
  Open from Wednesday 26th March 2025 to Friday 26th September 2025
  39 signatures

• Make St David's Day a Bank holiday in Wales
  Opened on Tuesday 10th February 2026
  39 signatures so far

• 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

• Create an Autumn Bank Holiday in England & Wales
  Opened on Tuesday 2nd December 2025
  37 signatures so far

• International Women's Day to be a bank holiday
  Open from Tuesday 13th March 2012 to Wednesday 13th March 2013
  36 signatures

• Armed Forces Day - National Bank Holiday -1st May
  Open from Tuesday 30th August 2011 to Thursday 30th August 2012
  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

• Declare June 24th to be an annual UK wide bank holiday.
  Open from Tuesday 7th March 2017 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
  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

• Increase the minimum holiday entitlement to 30 days including bank holidays
  Opened on Tuesday 14th April 2026
  34 signatures so far

• 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

• 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

• Make 5 November a bank holiday.
  Opened on Wednesday 10th December 2025
  29 signatures so far

• 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

• 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

• Extra Bank Holiday in Autumn Half Term
  Open from Wednesday 28th March 2012 to Friday 28th September 2012
  28 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

• To make November 11th a bank holiday
  Open from Tuesday 15th November 2016 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
  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

• Make Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha bank holidays
  Opened on Thursday 23rd April 2026
  27 signatures so far

• Reform statutory leave so all workers have enough paid leave to truly live
  Opened on Thursday 7th May 2026
  27 signatures so far

• 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

• Increase driving test fees to £85 to pay for more examiners to clear backlog
  Opened on Monday 2nd February 2026
  26 signatures so far

• Give shop workers back their Sundays and Bank Holidays
  Open from Thursday 27th February 2014 to Friday 27th February 2015
  26 signatures

• Rename the August Bank Holiday "Tony Benn Day"
  Open from Monday 17th March 2014 to Tuesday 17th March 2015
  25 signatures

• Create a new bank holiday in October
  Open from Friday 17th July 2020 to Sunday 17th January 2021
  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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Create a new Ancestors Bank Holiday
  Open from Tuesday 4th October 2022 to Tuesday 4th April 2023
  24 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

• 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

• 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

• Make the Lunar New Year an official recognised Bank Holiday
  Opened on Thursday 22nd January 2026
  23 signatures so far

• 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

• Bank Holiday for William and Kate's baby
  Open from Tuesday 4th December 2012 to Monday 4th March 2013
  22 signatures

• Replace the Spring Bank Holiday with a November Bank Holiday
  Open from Thursday 5th June 2025 to Friday 5th December 2025
  22 signatures

• Close all remaining 'City' zoo's.
  Open from Monday 6th June 2016 to Tuesday 6th December 2016
  22 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

• Make international womens day a bank holiday
  Opened on Thursday 12th February 2026
  22 signatures so far

• Move all Monday bank holidays to a Friday
  Open from Monday 13th June 2022 to Tuesday 27th December 2022
  21 signatures

• Pay all Universal Credit Payments for December, before Christmas
  Open from Tuesday 8th December 2020 to Tuesday 8th June 2021
  21 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

• 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

• Make Polling Day a Bank Holiday
  Open from Monday 15th April 2019 to Tuesday 15th October 2019
  20 signatures

• Bank Holiday for British Olympic Sporting Achievement
  Open from Thursday 9th August 2012 to Friday 9th November 2012
  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

• To make August Bank Holiday Monday reclassified as ‘England Day.’
  Open from Wednesday 22nd June 2016 to Thursday 22nd December 2016
  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

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