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{{Short description|Proposed UK national day}}
'''British National Day''' is a proposed official [[national day]] for the [[United Kingdom]] and a celebration of [[
==Overview==
Britain has no unique [[national day]]. It has a number of days of celebration which go largely uncelebrated, and others which are associated with the constituent [[countries of the United Kingdom]]. The latter category includes [[
At present, the [[King's Official Birthday]] is marked as a ''de facto'' national day by British diplomatic missions overseas<ref name="BBCBD" /> but not in the UK itself.
===Labour government===
In June 2008, Immigration Minister [[Liam Byrne]] suggested the "[[Bank holiday#Current bank and public holidays|August bank holiday]]" to be made a weekend of
In October 2008, in response to a question in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] from [[Andrew Rosindell]], [[Minister of State]] [[Michael Wills]] of the [[Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Justice]] revealed that ''"there are no plans to introduce a national day at the present time"'', leading to suggestions that the proposal had been 'scrapped'.<ref>[http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20081027/tuk-national-day-plans-scrapped-6323e80.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101195857/http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20081027/tuk-national-day-plans-scrapped-6323e80.html|date=November 1, 2008}}</ref> Immediately thereafter, however, a Ministry of Justice spokesman confirmed that national day proposals were still "very much alive", adding that Wills had only meant that no plans had been drawn up at the present time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7692933.stm |title=UK | UK Politics | British Day idea 'is still alive' |publisher=BBC News |date=2008-10-27 |accessdate=2009-07-08}}</ref>
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* [[D-Day]] (6 June)<ref name="BBCBD" />
* Democracy Day (7 June) to remember the [[Reform Act 1832]], also known as the Great Reform Act.<ref name="BBCBD" />
* The date of the signing of
* The [[King's Official Birthday]] (a Saturday chosen in June).<ref name="autogenerated2">[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article788313.ece] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007162738/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article788313.ece|date=October 7, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Wilberforce Day]] (24 August) to remember the ending of slavery and the part played by [[William Wilberforce]].<ref name="BBCBD" />
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