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We should have Bank Holiday every year to honour The Queen and pandemic heroes, says GMB’s Kate Garraway

by Chandler
April 25, 2022
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WE are set to enjoy a bonus bank holiday this June to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

And now campaigners including TV stars Kate Garraway and Prue Leith are calling for the holiday to be made PERMANENT.

We should have Bank Holiday every year to honour The Queen and pandemic heroes, says GMB’s Kate Garraway
We are set to enjoy a bonus bank holiday this June to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
We should have Bank Holiday every year to honour The Queen and pandemic heroes, says GMB’s Kate Garraway
But now campaigners including TV star Kate Garraway are calling for the holiday to be made PERMANENT

The new bonus annual holiday would be dubbed a “Thank Holiday” and introduced in 2023 to recognise not only the Queen’s lifetime of service but also to mark how we all pulled together during the pandemic.

The campaign is being led by the Together Coalition, co-founded by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

More than half a million UK businesses have written to Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak to ask for this year’s one-off extra day’s break to become permanent.

This would bring the total number of bank holidays in England and Wales to nine — still considerably lower than many European countries. France, for example, has 11.

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In the past, calls for an extra bank holiday have been dismissed over concerns of the cost to the economy.

But new research from accounting firm PwC shows the existing figures have been overestimated by 64 per cent.

Campaigners argue they also fail to take account of the boost an extra day off would give to retail, hospitality and tourism — all hit hard by the pandemic.

A raft of organisations including the CBI, the British Retail Consortium, Royal Voluntary Service, the Scouts and the FA are calling for a new holiday to honour the Queen and the sacrifices of ordinary people over the past two years.

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Backing the campaign, Tony Danker, Director General of the CBI, said: “The proposal for a Thank Holiday to recognise the Queen’s service and extend that notion of service across communities is an exciting one. Business is keen to support it.”

A host of famous faces have also backed the idea of an extra annual holiday.

‘INCREDIBLE SERVICE’

Good Morning Britain host Kate Garraway — whose husband Derek Draper was hospitalised for 13 months by Covid-19 — believes it would be a great way of marking the service given by so many in the pandemic.

She said: “It is a brilliant idea to make the extra holiday permanent. The country has been through a huge ordeal over the past two years.

“A new bank holiday will give us a day each year when we remember the people who stepped up, our NHS heroes, key workers and all who did their bit.”

And Bake Off judge Dame Prue Leith said: “The last two years has shown us how much we need each other and how painful it is being disconnected. A Thank Holiday would be a yearly prompt to reconnect.” 

The Scout Association is one of many voluntary groups endorsing the idea of a new bank holiday.

Chief Scout Bear Grylls said: “Our Queen deserves our thanks for her incredible lifetime of service, and so do millions more across the country for their own daily acts of sacrifice and support.

“So let’s ask for a special day each year in honour of the givers, the heroes.”

Tory MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith said: “I support this idea of a holiday to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee but also who we are as a nation.”

Retail and hospitality businesses are keen to have the extra holiday to boost their pandemic-hit sectors.

Kate Nicholls, CEO of UK Hospitality said: “It is time for a Thank Holiday to mark the service of Her Majesty and recognise the fortitude of the entire nation in the past two years. The nation’s restaurants and hotels stand ready to embrace this tribute.”

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Helen Dickinson, chief executive at the British Retail Consortium, said: “The extra bank holiday would offer an opportunity for the whole country to come together in celebration.”

Catherine Johnstone, chief executive at Royal Voluntary Service, said: “The Platinum Jubilee will be a celebration of Her Majesty’s extraordinary service over 70 years. It’s also a wonderful moment for the nation to reflect on how we support each other.”

GIVE US DAY TO CELEBRATE EACH OTHER

By Deborah Meaden, entrepreneur and Dragons' Den star

THIS year we are all getting an extra day off to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Goodness knows we could all use a break after the last couple of years – and it’s going to be a brilliant weekend. At its heart is Thank You Day on Sunday, June 5.

Organisers are hoping ten million people will take part in events up and down the country, to get together with their neighbours, family and friends – new and old – to say a huge thank you to the Queen for her lifetime of service, but also to the people in their own lives who make this such a brilliant country to live in.

That could mean anyone from the volunteers who give their time and energy to their communities to inspiring teachers or even your mum.

 It doesn’t matter what you do or who you thank. What matters is that we all get together and take the time to show our appreciation to those whose contributions are too often taken for granted.

It’s a great idea and a great way to bring people together – so why stop there. Let’s do it every year.

Wouldn’t it be brilliant if each year we had an extra bank holiday to come together and celebrate each other.

That’s why I’m backing the campaign for a new Thank Holiday.  And it’s not just me – I’ve signed a letter with business leaders from across the country including major organisations like the CBI, and huge brands like Siemens. So let’s put one thing to bed straight away. A new bank holiday wouldn’t cause major damage to our economy.

In fact, new research from accountancy firm PwC shows that any costs have been wildly overestimated. And what’s more, organisations representing hundreds of thousands of British firms are backing the plan, so it’s clear business wants this too.   In particular, it would be great for those at the sharp end of the economic cost of Covid.

 We can all see that the last two years have been a horror show for retail, hospitality and tourism. Businesses have suffered, and people have lost jobs.

And we can all see the potential for a new bank holiday to help – giving us the chance to let off a bit of steam and do the things that make life worth living, while boosting firms at the same time. Even with an extra bank holiday we would still have fewer days off than the French or the Germans.

So what better way to pay tribute to the Queen than to create a permanent day in her image. A day all about   public service, warmth and good humour.

So I’m backing the campaign because I think it will be a fitting tribute to Her Majesty’s 70 years of public service, and the contribution of the people who make our communities nicer places to live.

But   the Thank Holiday will also provide the country with a social and economic stimulus   after a difficult few years.

A new bank holiday would be good for the country, good for business, and a great way to mark this Platinum Jubilee.

So let’s celebrate Thank You Day every year with a new bank holiday.

We should have Bank Holiday every year to honour The Queen and pandemic heroes, says GMB’s Kate Garraway
The new bonus annual holiday would be dubbed a ‘Thank Holiday’
We should have Bank Holiday every year to honour The Queen and pandemic heroes, says GMB’s Kate Garraway
Chief Scout Bear Grylls said: ‘Our Queen deserves our thanks’
We should have Bank Holiday every year to honour The Queen and pandemic heroes, says GMB’s Kate Garraway
Bake Off judge Dame Prue Leith said: ‘The last two years has shown us how much we need each other’



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