Bank Holiday

Jubilee celebrations at the Fairfield public house on Gloucester Crescent, South Wigston on Monday. Daz Pratt gives his best in the tug of war. The August Bank ...

From Morris dancers to stormtroopers, steam galas to families taking to the water in the heat, it's all here. And you might even spot someone you know in the pictures. The August Bank holiday is often seen as summer's last hoorah.

UK workers typically get four public holidays less per year than the Europe-wide average.

‘But actually what needs to happen is more … more graft. That’s my reflection on the election and what’s gone before it, and the referendum – we say it’s all Europe that’s causing these huge problems … it’s all these migrants causing these problems. But I don’t think people are that keen to change that. Union leaders have demanded the creation of four more bank holidays to bring the country in line with European nations.

The TUC wants the increase to bring the UK in line with other European countries which enjoy an average 12.3 public holidays a year.

She previously faced anger over Britannia Unchained, a book she co-authored with four other Tory MPs in 2012 and which described British staff as “the worst idlers in the world”. Of our European counterparts, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Cyprus top the table with 15 bank holidays per year. TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady said: “Some politicians have been calling UK workers lazy but we work some of the longest hours in Europe. Boris Johnson snubbed calls by Labour leader Keir Starmer for an extra bank holiday this year to celebrate England’s Women’s Euros win. Bosses say it would also bring the UK in line with other European countries who enjoy an average 12.3 public holidays a year. And we get the fewest public holidays.

The trade union also claimed figures suggested the Brits worked a whopping £27 billion in unpaid overtime last year, slamming suggestions that UK workers are ' ...

They should get the same number of public holidays as other countries get. "If we win on Sunday, let’s give everyone a chance to celebrate with a special bank holiday as we said we would for the men. [UK](https://www.ladbible.com/uk-news) government is being urged to introduce four [more bank holidays](https://www.ladbible.com/sport/calls-for-bank-holiday-if-england-win-euro-2022-backed-by-kier-starmer-20220728) to reward a ‘nation of grafters’.

The Trades Union Congress says the extra days off would be a reward for a 'nation of grafters'

She previously faced anger over Britannia Unchained, a book she co-authored with four other Tory MPs in 2012 and which described British staff as “the worst idlers in the world”. Of our European counterparts, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Cyprus top the table with 15 bank holidays per year. British workers should have four more bank holidays a year, one of the largest workers' unions has said.

The Trades Union Congress wants the UK brought in line with other European countries which enjoy an average 12.3 public holidays a year.

[£27billion of free labour](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/jobs) last year in unpaid overtime. When challenged on her leaked remarks – made while Chief Secretary to the Treasury between 2017 and 2019 – Ms Truss claimed she did not recognise them. And we get the fewest public holidays. [Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Cyprus](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/traffic-and-travel) top the table with 15 bank holidays per year. It comes after the TUC claimed that UK firms claimed TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady said: “Some politicians have been calling UK workers lazy but we work some of the longest hours in Europe.