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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Denis Campbell

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth

London pub
The move would be a ‘huge boost to the nation’s pubs, bars, restaurants and hotels’. Photograph: David Noton Photography/Alamy

Pubs, clubs and restaurants will be able to open into the early hours as part of Labour’s drive for economic growth, a move which critics say will lead to more drunken disorder.

Ministers are pushing ahead with plans to allow premises that sell alcohol to extend their opening hours in order to boost “the British night out” and help the hospitality sector.

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