Prime Minister Keir Starmer has dropped his heaviest hint yet that he will grant a bank holiday if England win the 2026 World Cup, as the Three Lions prepare for their quarter-final clash with Norway 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