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Drinks should be served outside usual hours during ‘national moments’, says trade body

Many pubs had to wait until the second half of Sunday's match to serve alcohol, an industry body says.

Many pubs had to wait until the second half of Sunday's match to serve alcohol, an industry body says.

The government is encouraging councils to get pubs open earlier on Sunday ahead of the Women's World Cup final.

Alun Cairns says legislation should be amended to allow the Home Secretary to make unilateral decisions to ease rules on selling alcohol

Michael Fabricant, the Conservative MP for Lichfield, writes to Staffordshire Police suggesting local officers could "turn a blind eye" to pubs opening early for the England v Spain match on Sunday.

Pubs in England have called on Government to relax licensing laws during the women's World Cup final on Sunday.

A Tory MP has written to his local police force asking officers to "turn a blind eye" to pubs opening an hour early for the Women's World...

Temporary tweaks to licensing laws that apply in England and Wales for special events have to be approved by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords…

The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to recall parliament to pass the legislation required for pubs to serve alcohol from 10am - but ministers are calling on councils to do "everything they can" to help local pubs.