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Daily Record
Dan Bloom & Kit Roberts

Extra Bank Holiday to 'thank Queen' could be made permanent in UK under new plans

The UK could have a new permanent Bank Holiday to mark Queen Elizabeth's 70 years of public service.

The plans are being considered by chancellor Rishi Sunak, and would be a day of commemoration of the Queen's 'extraordinary service' over her reign spanning seven decades.

It comes as campaigners have called for this year's additional Bank Holiday on June 3, which will mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, to be made permanent.

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