Tour operator Thomas Cook has today launched a campaign in the UK for an extra bank holiday.

Did you know…?

• We only get eight public holidays per year. Most of our European neighbours have as many as 12.

• The Spanish top the tables with a massive 16 Bank Holidays a year.

• Brits are at the bottom of the Bank Holiday league with only the Romanians ranking below us.

• There are 121 days between the last Bank Holiday in August and the next public holiday at Christmas – nearly a third of the year.

You can sign the petition at Thomas Cook