Have YOUR say on secrecy plans

There are just hours left to have your say over plans to axe pub licensing notices - and silence your voice

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The deadline to have your say on the Government's plans for secret alcohol licensing notices is just hours away.

Ministers are running a consultation on licensing reform, which includes a proposal to remove the statutory requirement for alcohol licensing notices to be advertised in print in local papers. Industry leaders in the local news media sector have warned that the plans would shroud local communities in secrecy.

If enacted, the proposal - launched on October 9 by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Business Secretary Peter Kyle - would mean that plans to open a new pub or nightclub, or for an existing venue to change its opening hours, would no longer be publicised within local communities.