UK Rejects New Religious Public Holidays

Sources: YouGov (London) and UK bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has issued its decision on another petition to declare 2 new annual non-working public holidays (aka. bank holidays in the UK), one for the Hindu festival of Diwali, and another one for one of the "Eid" Muslim festivals. [full story]