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.

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