'Misguided Government plan amounts to direct attack on the public's right to know...'

Threat to notices in papers informing readers of changes to alcohol licensing

- Sentinel Reporter

PLANS to scrap laws requiring alcohol licensing notices and changes to local authority governance arrangements to be published in printed local newspapers amount to a direct attack on the public right to know, the local news media sector has said today.

As Ministers launch a consultation on licensing reform, which includes a proposal to remove the statutory requirement for alcohol licensing notices to be advertised in print local papers, industry leaders have warned that the plans would shroud local communities in secrecy.