Petition Make November 11th a permanent yearly bank holiday

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We would like the government to initiate an extra bank holiday on 11th November to allow a proper day to commemorate armistice. Other European countries such as Belgium shut down all shops and businesses to allow the commemorations to be carried out in a proper fashion.
However the U.K as the country many of the fallen were from, does not have this marked as a public holiday as it should be and we would like this changed to become a permanent bank holiday regardless of the day of the week it falls.

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Date closed 30 March 2015
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