This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Make the 24th June a bank holiday to celebrate our independence day!
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There has been a lot of negativity over the EU referendum.
Making the 24th June a bank holiday would ease tension.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/128651
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