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London’s nightlife needs support, not more control from a mayor who’s failed on crime and hospitality
11 April 2025, 10:34 | Updated: 11 April 2025, 11:47
By Cllr Paul Swaddle OBE
Last week LBC reported that the Labour Government is considering giving the Mayor of London new powers to call in licensing applications in areas regarded as important to the night-time economy.
The reasoning for the pilot was cloaked in the excuse that it will help the hospitality sector grow and remove “burdensome red tape”.
That red tape is actually the Licensing Act 2003 which transferred licensing decisions from magistrates to local authorities.
To some this is yet another blatant power grab by........
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