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In 2020, the early May bank holiday originally set for Monday 4 May was moved to Friday 8 May to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day. [41] [42] In 2022, there was a special holiday on Friday 3 June to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The Spring Bank Holiday was moved to Thursday 2 June to create a four-day weekend. [43]
Theresa Mary May, Baroness May of Maidenhead (/ t ə ˈ r iː z ə /; [1] née Brasier; born 1 October 1956), is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019.
A bank holiday is a national public holiday in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, and a colloquial term for a public holiday in Ireland. In the United Kingdom, the term refers to all public holidays, be they set out in statute, declared by royal proclamation , or held by convention under common law .
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The Bank Holidays Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 17) established public holidays (known as bank holidays) in addition to those customarily recognised in the United Kingdom.. The Act designated four bank holidays in England, Wales and Ireland (Easter Monday; Whit Monday; First Monday in August; 26 December if a weekday) and five in Scotland (New Year's Day, or the next day if a Sunday; Good Friday ...
Prime Minister Theresa May announced her intention to hold a snap election [34] 19 April: MPs voted to dissolve Parliament [35] 22 April: Start of pre-election period [36] [37] 25 April: Royal Proclamation under section 2(7) of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 issued by HM The Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister [31] 27 April
1 May, being both May Day and the date that the Acts of Union 1707 took effect. [7] The existing May Day bank holiday sometimes falls on 1 May. Birthday of Elizabeth II (21 April) [1] Victory in Europe Day (8 May) [1] D-Day (6 June) [1] Democracy Day (7 June) to remember the Reform Act 1832, also known as the Great Reform Act. [1]
The late May bank holiday was moved to Thursday 2 June with an additional bank holiday on Friday 3 June, making a four-day weekend. [119] [120] [121] Big screens were placed in The Mall, London, Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens and in Cardiff's Bute Park for members of the public to watch the events taking place across the bank holiday ...