This year, UK residents have been treated to an extra bank holiday. Thanks to the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations, the extra date has been added to the calendar for summer 2022.
This will make a total of nine bank holidays for the year with five of those still to come. Below is the list of what we still have to look forward to this year.
While there have been calls to keep the additional date as a permanent fixture on the UK calendar, to "honour The Queen", nothing has been confirmed. It has ben reported that the Chancellor is expected to consider proposals. However, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman stressed this year’s extra bank holiday was to mark a “unique” event and added: “I’m not aware of any plans to make it permanent.”
