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The term "public holidays" can refer exclusively to common law holidays. [ 1 ] There is no automatic right to paid time off on these days, or any right to a holiday at all, [ 2 ] but banks close and the majority of the working population is granted time off work or extra pay for working on these days, depending on their contracts. [ 3 ]
10 January – Ten Reform UK councillors in Derbyshire resign from the party in protest at Nigel Farage's leadership, claiming the Reform is being run in an "increasingly autocratic manner" and "has lost its sense of direction" since Farage took over as leader. In response, Farage says the members were put forward by a "rogue branch" of the ...
Kemi Badenoch calls for a public inquiry into grooming gangs. [4] 3 January – The UK government announces that the plans for reforms to social care in England may not be published until 2028, or later. [5] Zoe Hughes, a transgender member of Exeter City council, quits the Labour Party in a row over transgender issues. [6] 4 January –
The UK government announces that landlords in England will be required to investigate and fix instances of damp and mould in social housing within a strict timescale from October 2025. [117] 7 February The UK government confirms that Grenfell Tower will be taken down, with the process taking place gradually and sensitively over the next two ...
A public inquiry begins into the 1998 Omagh bombing. [17] BBC News reports that planned changes at BT's Belfast headquarters could mean the loss of 90 jobs. [18] 29 January – The High Court clears retailer Lidl to open its first in store pub, to be situated in Dundonald, County Down, after rejecting a legal challenge to the plans from another ...
3 February – A 14-year-old girl who stabbed two teachers and a student at Amman Valley School in Carmarthenshire is found guilty of attempted murder. [32]4 February – Welsh Conservatives leader Darren Millar and his colleague Russell George miss a Senedd vote on the Eluned Morgan government's budget for 2025–26 because they have travelled to the United States for the annual National ...
A bank holiday is a national public holiday in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, and a colloquial term for a public holiday in Ireland.In the United Kingdom, the term refers to all public holidays, be they set out in statute, declared by royal proclamation, or held by convention under common law.
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