The lockdown should not prevent millions paying their respects to Britain’s Glorious Dead, leading MPs say.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) wants the public to stay indoors on Remembrance Sunday this weekend and also on Remembrance Day on November 11.
Members of the Armed Forces, local councillors, faith leaders and charities will take part in scaled-down commemorations but the public is banned.
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