Full list of remaining Welsh bank holidays with three more in 2025
Full list of remaining Welsh bank holidays with three more in 2025
The Government has confirmed more bank holidays across the UK between now and the end of 2025 but different UK nations have different bank holidays
Many people get the day off work if it is a bank holiday
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The government has confirmed more bank holidays across the UK from now until the end of 2025. However, it's worth noting that different UK nations often observe different bank holidays.
For instance, Easter weekend last month saw two bank holidays on Good Friday, April 18, and Easter Monday, April 21 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, Good Friday was a bank holiday but Easter Monday was not.
In an update last month government officials clarified when and where the remaining bank holidays for this year will occur. Recently there were UK-wide bank holidays on Monday, May 5, as well as Monday, May 26.
Bank holidays will also apply to Christmas Day and Boxing Day, which fall on Thursday and Friday, December 25 and 26. Additionally, Monday, July 14, is designated as the Battle of the Boyne bank holiday for Northern Ireland while in Scotland, Monday, August 4, marks the Summer bank holiday.
The rest of the UK - England, Wales and Northern Ireland - will celebrate this year's summer bank holiday on Monday, August 25. Furthermore, only Scotland will observe the St Andrew's Day bank holiday on Monday, December 1.
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There had been suggestions for an extra bank holiday this year as Thursday, May 8 commemorated 80 years since VE Day. VE Day is observed annually on the same date, marking the day the Allies formally accepted Germany's surrender in 1945.
Last year speculation was rife that Downing Street might declare VE Day an additional bank holiday but this has not happened. A prime minister spokesperson said: "We we will look to use the existing May Day bank holiday for commemorative events. We are committed to commemorating these nationally important occasions appropriately which is why we have announced more than £10m to mark them."
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