| Directory > Regional > Europe > United Kingdom > Society and Culture > Politics > Issues > Licensing Bill > News and Media BBC News: Drinking law shake-up unveiled
Two senior ministers pop into a Westminster pub to launch a bill which paves the way for
round-the-clock drinking.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2479609.stm
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BBC News: Buskers make protest heard
Plans to introduce a licensing scheme in central London spark a noisy protest by buskers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2489361.stm
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BBC News: Last orders for pub hours
Pubs could open 24-hours a day and there would be tougher laws on under-age drinking in plans to
relax UK licensing laws.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2458867.stm
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BBC News: Fears for children in pub reforms
Children could end up in lap-dancing pubs and clubs under plans to reform licensing laws, the
government is warned.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2591205.stm
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Independent: Fancy a quick one? You've got 36 hours to get them in
James Morrison. "What will happen is that, in suburban and outlying areas, little will change
and those who want to carry on drinking will be forced into town centres, as they are now. The
rowdy binge-drinking culture there will continue."
http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=365007
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Independent: Thousands of pubs expected to apply for 24-hour opening
Nigel Morris, political correspondent. Tessa Jowell, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and
Sport, predicted that about 2 per cent of the 180,000 licensed premises would ask for 24-hour
licences. Bars and nightspots in big cities and holiday resorts, such as Brighton and Blackpool,
are likely to make up most applicants.
http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=352625
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Telegraph: More red tape, vicar?
Leader. Perhaps Tessa Jowell, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, could tell us
when was the last time that the audience at a performance of Bach's Matthew Passion caused crime,
disorder, public nuisance or threatened the welfare of children.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/11/30/dl3003.xml
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Telegraph: Village halls' cash hopes dashed
David Sapsted. Village hall committees must pay extra costs to comply with legislation to make
facilities available to the disabled and are also facing a new headache with the Licensing Bill
which would end the halls' traditional exemption from fees for a public entertainment licence and
reduce the number of occasional liquor licences they can apply for, from the current 12 to five a
year.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/01/02/nhall02.xml
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Telegraph: By next Christmas, carol singers will be criminals
Billy Bragg. The mummers, the Nativity play, the panto, the carol concert all provide opportunities
for newcomers to meet their fellow villagers and appreciate the age-old values of the local
community. Yet all these activities are under threat from the licensing Bill that is currently
passing through Parliament.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/12/30/do3002.xml
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Telegraph: Licensing crackdown threatens live music
David Millward. The Musicians' Union claims the Licensing Bill could turn buskers into criminals,
restrict carol singers and bell ringers, and scrap the "two in a bar" rule.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/12/24/nmusic24.xml
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Guardian Politics: Pub revolution 'will cut trouble'
Anne Perkins, political correspondent. Round-the-clock licences will enrich lives, say ministers,
but musicians fear reforms will jeopardise jazz and folk in hundreds of clubs.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,841294,00.html
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Guardian Politics: Save the nation's music
Leader. Churches should not be licensed.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/comment/0,11026,857788,00.html
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Guardian Politics: Alcoholic Britain should not be offered another drink
Martin Kettle. Why the licensing bill will increase the problem it is supposed to control.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/comment/0,11026,867341,00.html
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