The Groucho Club will be allowed to reopen after an emotional council meeting at which its licence was reinstated, providing that the 39-year-old institution follows strict police-proposed rules on members’ guests and the monitoring of toilets.
The London private members’ club’s licence had been temporarily suspended after allegations that a woman was raped inside the venue on 13 November. A 34-year-old man was arrested in Hertfordshire on suspicion of rape and has been bailed.