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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Richard Wheeler

Minister rejects call for Britain to adopt ‘Churchill Time’ in the summer

Calls for Britain to learn “wartime lessons” by moving the clocks forward by two hours during the summer months have been rejected by the Government.

Labour MP Alex Mayer pressed the case for double British Summer Time (BST), dubbed “Churchill Time”, as a way of reducing energy usage, improving mental health and potentially reducing road accidents.

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