The TUC has launched a national search for a new bank holiday as it reveals figures showing that people in Britain get fewer public holidays than any other country in the European Union, even when you include all the new EU member states. Anyone can join the TUC's national search by joining an online poll at the TUC's workSMART website that asks people to vote for an extra bank holiday. TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said: 'We work the longest hours, and have the fewest public holidays. It's about time we caught up with the rest of Europe in the holiday stakes. Indeed it is very hard to see why people in England, Scotland and Wales should have two fewer days than Northern Ireland. But there's lots of good candidates for when we should take the extra time off, so we are asking people to help us choose in our Bank Holiday Idol vote.'

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