Are we getting a new bank holiday in 2025? Britons have their say on plans for a four-day weekend in the coming months
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Brits have had their say on whether or not a new bank holiday should be introduced in 2025. A number of recent one-off bank holidays have been held in summer, including the late Queen's Platinum Jubilee which was celebrated between June 2 and 5. To add to that, the day of her funeral, September 19, was also made a bank holiday.
![[Union Jacks and flags of Commonwealth countries decorate The Mall leading to Buckingham Palace on the eve of the coronation of King Charles III]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/24/01/93445983-14223257-image-a-100_1735004258458.jpg)
In May 2020, communities across the UK came out to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, with neighbours staging socially distanced street parties amid the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Three years later, in May 2023, street parties were once again held to mark the Coronation of King Charles.
![[Londoners celebrate VE Day in 1945 - when Nazi Germany surrendered, finally ending the war in Europe]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/24/01/92489261-14223257-Londoners_celebrate_VE_Day_in_1945_when_Nazi_Germany_surrendered-a-90_1735004190869.jpg)
And in June 2022, Brits enjoyed a bumper series of bank holiday celebrations as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee bonanza. Now, an overwhelming number of Brits have said they would support a new bank holiday to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War next year.
![[A new bank holiday is planned which could see communities coming together to throw street parties to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War (pictured: Gosport, Hampshire, partying during the King's Coronation bank holiday)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/24/01/92489887-14223257-A_new_bank_holiday_is_planned_which_could_see_communities_coming-a-89_1735004188147.jpg)
In a poll conducted by the Mirror, 73% of respondents backed having a special day, whilst just 13% were opposed to a day marking the end of global hostilities and peace at last. Brits have had their say on whether or not we should introduce a new bank holiday in 2025.
![[Second World War veteran Len Gibbon, 96, stands to watch a Spitfire fly over the Care for Veterans site in Worthing, Sussex, to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day in 2020]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/24/01/92489431-14223257-Second_World_War_veteran_Len_Gibbon_96_stands_to_watch_a_Spitfir-a-98_1735004237550.jpg)
Union Jacks and flags of Commonwealth countries decorate The Mall leading to Buckingham Palace on the eve of the coronation of King Charles III. Londoners celebrate VE Day in 1945 - when Nazi Germany surrendered, finally ending the war in Europe. After being asked, 'do you believe that younger generations know enough, too little or too much about the sacrifices made by their predecessors during WWII?', 66% said they thought young people were not as aware as they should be.
![[Geoff Roberts, 99, was a hero of Operation Market Garden. He has welcomed new bank holiday plans to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/24/01/92489491-14223257-Geoff_Roberts_99_was_a_hero_of_Operation_Market_Garden_He_has_we-a-94_1735004210803.jpg)
