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Soho pub licensing row: Westminster hits back at Sadiq Khan over 'inadequate policing and public transport'

‘Cuts to policing mean people are worried about safety when they go out’ - Cllr Tim Barnes, deputy leader of Westminster City Council

Evening Standard · Aug 9

London mayor orders council to drop plan to ban new pubs and bars in Soho and West End

Exclusive: Sadiq Khan urges Westminster council to adopt ‘positive vision of economic growth’ of nightlife

The Guardian - UK · Aug 9

UK PM Andy Burnham plans cost-of-living tour to reassure voters

Prime Minister Andy Burnham will tour Britain to hear cost-of-living concerns. He plans to introduce measures offering consumers some financial relief. Burnham will also share his ten-year plan for the United Kingdom. Opposition parties criticize these plans, citing business burdens. Businesses face tax hikes and red tape, according to critics.

The Economic Times · Aug 9

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Could a written UK constitution help or hinder Scottish independence?

A WRITTEN UK constitution should provide a mechanism for Scotland to trigger an independence referendum but federalism could keep the Union…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 9

Burnham to kick off national tour to hear cost-of-living concerns

A spokesperson for the Prime Minister said he would be ‘getting out of Westminster and meeting people where they are’.

Evening Standard · Aug 8

Sausage roll crime fears and giggling drinkers: The bizarre reasons Westminster venues have faced restrictions

As London council slammed over plans to limit standing in pubs, here’s a look at other strange reasons venues in the borough have recently faced restrictions

Evening Standard · Aug 8

Offices above Charing Cross station could be transformed under major revamp

The application, submitted by real estate firm Bridgemont with Westminster City Council, aims to revamp the site to deliver 35,000 square metres of office space

Evening Standard · Aug 7

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Why plan to limit 'vertical drinking' in pubs is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Soho crackdown

Westminster Council has faced brunt of backlash over proposals but it claims Met Police are biggest barrier to nightlife

Evening Standard · Aug 7

London council calls claims 'standing ban' is planned in pubs across West End and Soho 'ludicrous'

The council faced a pile-on of backlash following claims it planned on banning standing at pubs

Evening Standard · Aug 7

I stand to defend vertical drinking. Is a pub that doesn’t allow it a real pub at all?

The time-honoured tradition of standing up with a drink, gossiping and putting the world to rights is under threat. If councillors ban it, we’ll all lose out, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7

‘It is British life’: No 10 vows to stop councils trying to limit standing in pubs

Westminster council has recommended reducing ‘vertical drinking’ or ordering at the bar in new draft licensing policy

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6

'It'll kill Soho': Pubs slam proposals to curb drinkers standing at Soho venues

Dawn Butler MP and Sir Sadiq Khan have also expressed fury at Westminster Council’s proposed policy

Evening Standard · Aug 6

Nicola Sturgeon proposes plan to break 'undemocratic' indyref2 stalemate

NICOLA Sturgeon has proposed a plan to break an "undemocratic stalemate" over a second Scottish independence referendum in the new…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 6

Scotch whisky success hailed as distillery numbers almost double in 10 years

THE SNP have hailed the success of the Scotch whisky industry after fresh analysis showed the number of distilling businesses in Scotland almost…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 6

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Evening Standard · Aug 6

No10 slams plans to clamp down on drinkers standing at Soho and West End pubs as licensing row explodes

Council sparks fury after ‘encouraging’ venues in famous London neighbourhood to make people sit rather than stand

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6

Council wants pubs in London’s Soho and West End to limit standing

Sadiq Khan criticises Westminster council’s ‘anti-growth policies’ after it recommends stopping ‘vertical drinking’

Evening Standard · Aug 5

London leaders call for mansion tax to be scrapped as it's revealed homes in just four boroughs will pay £270m

Estimates show that households in Kensington and Chelsea, Wandsworth, Richmond and Westminster would pay about £270 million through the surcharge - half of what the Government predicts the tax will raise nationally

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5

If English devolution is to be a success, it must be done right

Letters: Responding to an editorial, Scott Hunter writes that the benefits of being a devolved authority have not yet arrived in Tees Valley, while John Hall calls for constitutional reform. Plus letters from Richard Dowling and Miland Joshi

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The Independent UK · Aug 4

Andy Burnham admits Gorton and Denton by-election block was ‘hard’ as he reflects on friendship with Starmer

‘It can get difficult in terms of personal relationships in politics,’ prime minister says, ‘but it’s baked in’

The National (Scotland) · Aug 3

UK constitution 'fundamentally flawed' without exit route from Union, Labour warned

Any UK constitution which does not establish a route out of the Union will be 'fundamentally flawed', Andy Burnham has been warned

Evening Standard · Aug 3

Written constitution must include method to leave union, says SNP

The Prime Minister first discussed the idea of a written constitution in 2024.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 3

Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice under investigation over 'Israel debate'

REFORM UK’s deputy leader is now being investigated by a Westminster watchdog for allegedly failing to declare a financial interest ...

Euronews · Aug 2

Rupert Lowe offers alliance with Nigel Farage to unite Britain's hard right

The Restore Britain leader outlined five points that he said the pair would have to agree on to be able to find a "common way forward" and defeat the left wing.

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2

Why Andy Burnham’s devolution pledge will be tricky to deliver

Sharing income tax with England’s regional mayors could tackle inequality but many councils are ill-equipped for an enlarged role

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1

Devolution plans strengthen case for written UK constitution, says Burnham

PM argues for codified model of decentralisation that would fundamentally change centuries-old workings of state

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