Thursday June 24, 2010
Late-night bars and pubs face levy to meet cost of policing binge drinkers
Mark Townsend
The Observer
'Law and order' fee to be charged in hardline stance on drink-related crime
Bars and pubs that stay open after 11pm will have to pay a "law and order" fee, following police concerns over the levels of drink-fuelled disorder.
Under plans to dismantle round-the-clock drinking, the government wants late-night bars to help pay for the cost of tackling antisocial behaviour and alcohol-related violence.
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