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| Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer both rule out St George bank holiday | Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer both rule out St George bank holiday |
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| St George's Day: Morris dancers in Leadenhall Market | St George's Day: Morris dancers in Leadenhall Market |
| St George's Day: Morris dancers in Leadenhall Market | St George's Day: Morris dancers in Leadenhall Market |
| Workers look unlikely to get an extra day off, after both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer declined to commit to a bank holiday to mark St George's Day. | Workers look unlikely to get an extra day off, after both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer declined to commit to a bank holiday to mark St George's Day. |
| In 2017, then Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he wanted four new UK-wide bank holidays to mark each UK nation's patron saint day. | In 2017, then Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he wanted four new UK-wide bank holidays to mark each UK nation's patron saint day. |
| Asked about the policy, Sir Keir suggested a new bank holiday was not possible because of the economy. | Asked about the policy, Sir Keir suggested a new bank holiday was not possible because of the economy. |
| Mr Sunak also declined to commit to a new holiday when asked by reporters. | Mr Sunak also declined to commit to a new holiday when asked by reporters. |
| He said he was in "celebration mode" over St George's Day, adding: "It is a proud day, it's an incredibly proud day. | He said he was in "celebration mode" over St George's Day, adding: "It is a proud day, it's an incredibly proud day. |
| "When you're in Ukraine and you hear Ukrainians talk about our country and what it means to them, that's the same pride everyone should have. | "When you're in Ukraine and you hear Ukrainians talk about our country and what it means to them, that's the same pride everyone should have. |
| "I have the great pleasure in this job of travelling round the world and hearing how other people talk about what it means to be English, what we stand for, and I think we need to have that same pride too." | "I have the great pleasure in this job of travelling round the world and hearing how other people talk about what it means to be English, what we stand for, and I think we need to have that same pride too." |
| Labour wants four new bank holidays | Labour wants four new bank holidays |
| Why do we have bank holidays? | Why do we have bank holidays? |
| Nine things you might not know about bank holidays | Nine things you might not know about bank holidays |
| Arrests at St George's Day event in London | Arrests at St George's Day event in London |
| Sir Keir similarly said St George's Day was "a day to celebrate and that is what we're all doing on St George's Day. | Sir Keir similarly said St George's Day was "a day to celebrate and that is what we're all doing on St George's Day. |
| "I think that is both sentimental - in the sense of our history, our values our traditions - but, for me, bound up with that sense of service to our country. | "I think that is both sentimental - in the sense of our history, our values our traditions - but, for me, bound up with that sense of service to our country. |
| "A bank holiday would be very nice but I think that, with the economy where it is at the moment, we have to celebrate in-and-around the work that we're doing, because we need to absolutely take our country forward. | "A bank holiday would be very nice but I think that, with the economy where it is at the moment, we have to celebrate in-and-around the work that we're doing, because we need to absolutely take our country forward. |
| "What I want to do, if we're privileged enough to come into government, is to have a government of service to the country and have a decade of national renewal - and that would fulfil St George's Day's promise." | "What I want to do, if we're privileged enough to come into government, is to have a government of service to the country and have a decade of national renewal - and that would fulfil St George's Day's promise." |
| Campaigners to make St George's Day on 23rd April a bank holiday have previously argued that the UK has fewer bank holidays per year than other major industrialised nations. The average across European Union countries is 11. | Campaigners to make St George's Day on 23rd April a bank holiday have previously argued that the UK has fewer bank holidays per year than other major industrialised nations. The average across European Union countries is 11. |
| Up until 1834, there were 33 public holidays in the UK but these day England and Wales typically get eight. | Up until 1834, there were 33 public holidays in the UK but these day England and Wales typically get eight. |
| Scotland has an additional bank holiday to celebrate St Andrew's Day on 30 November - or a substitute day if it falls on a weekend.Northern Ireland has two extra bank holidays to mark St Patrick's Day on 17 March and the Battle of the Boyne in July. | |
| In 2022, then-Welsh Secretary Sir Robert Buckland said he was in favour of making St David's Day a holiday in Wales - but that another bank holiday should be scrapped to make room for a 1 March celebration. | In 2022, then-Welsh Secretary Sir Robert Buckland said he was in favour of making St David's Day a holiday in Wales - but that another bank holiday should be scrapped to make room for a 1 March celebration. |
| In the same year, workers got an extra bank holiday to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee. | In the same year, workers got an extra bank holiday to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee. |
| At the time, business leaders urged the prime minister to make the bank holiday permanent arguing it would boost the economy. | At the time, business leaders urged the prime minister to make the bank holiday permanent arguing it would boost the economy. |
| Government modelling put the cost of an extra bank holiday at £1.36bn, while accountancy firm PwC estimated the figure would be closer to £831m. | Government modelling put the cost of an extra bank holiday at £1.36bn, while accountancy firm PwC estimated the figure would be closer to £831m. |
| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| Keir Starmer | Keir Starmer |
| Rishi Sunak | Rishi Sunak |
| St George's Day | St George's Day |