The first May Bank holiday has officially been moved to a Friday - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life The first May Bank holiday has officially been moved to a Friday By You Magazine - June 12, 2019 May is one of the best months of the year: spring is in full swing, warmer weather is almost always certain and most importantly, we get two bank holidays. However, the dates of those extra breaks are set to change next year. As you’ll probably know, the spring bank holidays always fall on the first and last Mondays in May. But this is now being changed so that the first one falls on a Friday instead, after some MPs called for the early May holiday, known as May Day, to be moved in 2020. Getty Images Business Secretary Greg Clark first suggested that date should be moved from Monday 4 May, to Friday 8 May, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, also known as VE Day – and now it’s been made official. 8 May 1945 was the date the Allies celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany, marking the end of the Second World War in Europe. The occasion was celebrated by millions, with huge crowds gathering on the streets of London and the rest of the country to party. Making a case for the date to be moved, Clark wrote in a letter to Chancellor Philip Hammond: ‘I believe that the country should be allowed to take time to commemorate this great occasion, and to recall those who sacrificed their lives in the Second World War on behalf of us all.’ He added that it would be a ‘tragedy’ if VE Day ‘slipped from the minds of the general public’. Getty Images As reported by The Times, Clark did acknowledge at the time that the change in dates could course some disruption to the school holiday calendar, but it looks like the change won’t be too much of an issue as The Association of School and College Leaders has supported the plan. ‘It would provide a good opportunity to engage young people in learning and activities about this important historical event,’ they told The Times. The new date for the May bank holiday will be put into action in 2020. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Everything we know about The Crown season 5 Aldi s exercise equipment is on sale with up to 50% off The best Halloween events for 2022 across the UK Popular in Life The You magazine team reveal their New Year s resolutions December 31, 2021 Susannah Taylor The TLC tools your body will love January 23, 2022 How to stop living in fear February 6, 2022 Susannah Taylor My pick of the fittest leggings February 27, 2022 Women’ s Prize for Fiction 2022 winner announced June 17, 2022 These BBC dramas are returning for a second series June 30, 2022 Susannah Taylor gives the lowdown on nature s little helper – CBD April 17, 2022 The baby names that are banned across the world April 27, 2022 The Queen has released her own emojis May 26, 2022 Sally Brompton horoscopes 27th June-3rd July 2022 June 26, 2022 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved