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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Aletha Adu

Pubs in England and Wales allowed to go on selling takeaway pints

Person carrying pints of beer
A person buying takeaway pints at a pub on Wandsworth Common, London, in May 2020. Photograph: Peter Summers/Getty Images

Pubs in England and Wales will be allowed to continue selling takeaway pints after the government decided to keep pandemic-era licensing rules after criticism from an industry body.

The pandemic-era rules were due to expire in September after being extended twice, in a move the British Beer and Pub Association called “disappointing”.

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