Government issues verdict on extra bank holiday in 2025

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The UK will not have an extra bank holiday next year, a government spokesperson has confirmed. A spokesperson from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has confirmed that the celebrations to commemorate VE day will not involve an extra bank holiday in 2025.

VE Day, Victory in Europe Day, celebrates the end of World War II on 8 May each year. In 2020, the early May bank holiday was moved from 4 May to 8 May so that it would fall on the 75th anniversary of VE Day. Read more: One-off DWP payments for pensioners, families and disabled people still to come in 2024 There has been speculation over recent days that in 2025, there will be an extra UK bank holiday to mark 80 years since VE day.

But the government has now confirmed there will be the usual amount of bank holidays next year. A spokesperson from the DCMS said: "The 80th anniversaries of VE and VJ Day will be moments of huge significance for our country, and the Government is committed to commemorating the occasions appropriately. "That is why we have announced more than £10 million for events.

We will announce the government's plans to mark the occasion shortly. "These plans will not include an additional Bank Holiday." Ordinarily, there are a total of eight bank holidays each year in England and Wales, with some exceptions for special circumstances.