Prime Minister Keir Starmer has hinted that the UK government could declare an additional bank holiday if England win the FIFA World Cup, with Thomas Tuchel's side preparing to face Norway in the quarter-finals on Saturday.

When asked about a potential bank holiday, Ms Badenoch said the ‘private sector would still be working and the public sector would take the day off’

Keir Starmer is poised to order a bank holiday if England win the World Cup. The football-mad Prime Minister hinted at the move yesterday.

The Prime Minister has signalled that there will be an extra holiday for England if the team manages to achieve the unimaginable

Prime minister understood to be poised to give England a day off should the nation’s team bring home the trophy for first time since 1966

England's World Cup run sparks over $2 billion in crypto prediction market volume as Starmer promises a bank holiday, while fan tokens and Chiliz surge.

Keir Starmer said he did not want to ‘jinx’ England by announcing a bank holiday

"I don’t want to jinx it, but ask me again if we get to the final," Starmer said Wednesday.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer has hinted that the UK government could declare an additional bank holiday if England win the FIFA World Cup, with Thomas Tuchel's side preparing to…

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been asked about it