Local Authority Control

Latest Lords Bill vote may give residents more say

27-Feb-2003

Licensing reform faces a further setback following a move which could give residents more power.Peers in the House of Lords have agreed that local...

A question ofauthority

16-Jan-2003

Oh dear. Simon Ward (Morning Advertiser, 9 January) makes so many errors I must limit myself to picking out the major points: 1. Why does a 20-minute...

Kill the Bill" is dead. The industry figures who told us th

09-Jan-2003

They haven't shifted the Government. In fact they haven't even persuaded the Opposition. Their main complaint ­ the move from magistrates to local...

Act now, says Tim Martin

24-Oct-2002

Most "trade leaders" have adopted a defeatist attitude to licensing reform. Peter Linacre's approach (Letters, 10 October) demonstrates the attitude...

All we fear is cowardice'

03-Oct-2002

In your editorial "Hoping for best from a feared system" Morning Advertiser, 26 September, you ask "who decided there was no alternative to local...

Labour MPs clash on licensing reform debate

12-Sep-2002

The government is refusing to budge on plans to move licensing to local authority control, despite signs of unrest among its own backbench MPs.Labour...

Licensing reform hope rests with Blair

29-Aug-2002

Licensees and trade campaigners are pinning their hopes on Prime Minister Tony Blair who they claim could still make vital changes to licensing...

Howells: fighting against move to local authority licensing control is futile

09-Nov-2001

Licensing minister Dr Kim Howells has warned trade campaigners they are fighting a losing battle against plans to move licensing control to local...