The Express are reporting that there are plans to add a bank holiday for 2025 to celebrate 80 years since VE day. This hasn't yet been confirmed and the Express sometimes has some fairly poor reporting. Will May 9th be a bank holiday?

Resolves YES if at any point May 9th 2025 is listed on https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays for England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.

UK bank holidays

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