Change the Bank holiday dates or give us extra ones after Covid-19

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Because of Covid-19, the country is in lockdown. Good Friday and Easter Monday, also 2 bank holidays in May Could be effected. Restaurants, pubs, clubs, Tourist spots, hotels, retail etc.. usually benefit from Bank holiday increased trade when people are off work, this will no longer be possible.

To help our UK economy after this difficult times, I propose that we need to give extra bank holidays once we are out of lockdown, to give British businesses a fighting chance to regain lost custom and make profit again so we can get our economy back to normal as quickly as possible, and also as a celebrationn of national triumph once we have beaten Covid-19 collectively as nation.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action:

Move all bank holidays to a time after Coronavirus Lockdown
Introduce a 'one off' bank holiday after covid-19 pandemic to boost morale.
Create a new Bank Holiday in recognition of the NHS and all its amazing workers.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

Timeline

24 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
1 Apr 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 1 Apr 2020

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