No Extension for Takeaway Pint Rules in England and Wales
The recent plans to end the permission for pubs in England and Wales to serve takeaway pints through hatches have been scrapped, thanks to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s intervention. The Home Office had originally introduced a licensing scheme in July 2020, allowing landlords to offer takeaway pints to customers during lockdown when their premises were forced to close. The scheme had already been extended twice during the pandemic, but there were indications that the rules would come to an end in September.