The bank holidays for 2023 have been confirmed.
Downing Street announced this weekend that there will be an extra bank holiday to mark King Charles III's coronation. The holiday will fall on Monday, May 8 following the coronation at Westminster Abbey two days earlier on Saturday, May 6.
The announcement followed calls from Tory MPs for the government to either move the early May bank holiday from May 1 to coincide with the coronation weekend or to declare an extra day off.
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The next bank holiday in England and Wales is December 26 which is Boxing Day. This year, the Christmas Day bank holiday will be observed on December 27.
An employer can choose to include bank holidays as part of a worker’s statutory annual leave. If your payment date is on a weekend or a bank holiday you’ll usually be paid on the working day before.
We have rounded up the full list of confirmed bank holiday dates below
2022
- Monday, December 26 - Boxing Day
- Tuesday, December 27 - Christmas Day (Substitute day)
2023
- Monday, January 2 - New Year’s Day (Substitute day)
- Friday, April 7 - Good Friday
- Monday, April 10 - Easter Monday
- Monday, May 1 - Early May bank holiday
- Monday, May 8 - King's Coronation bank holiday
- Monday, May 29 - Spring bank holiday
- Monday, August 28 - Summer bank holiday
- Monday, December 25 - Christmas Day
- Tuesday December 26 - Boxing Day
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