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.