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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nina Lloyd

Government plans to axe public notices ‘devastating’ for local news, editors say

The Government is launching a review into licensing rules (Kirsty O’Connor/PA) - (PA Archive)

Government proposals to axe rules that force pubs to share their licence bids in local newspapers are “devastating” and will “disenfranchise communities,” editors have warned.

Ministers are looking at removing the requirement for printed statutory notices as part of a wider drive to slash “red tape” and boost the night-time economy.

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