01 June 2014

Britain could get Muslim and Hindu Bank Holidays

Britain could soon get its first Muslim and Hindu Bank Holiday days after a petition to Downing Street reached 119,000 signatures.

Any petition to the Government that hits more than 100,000 signatures must be debated in Parliament under rules established in 2011.

If a new Bank Holiday weekend is created it would be the first non-Christian religious holiday in the UK. [Metro] Read more