Legislation News – Page 31
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NewsSturgeon confirms five-tiered strategy for Scotland
Scotland will enter a five-tier coronavirus alert system next month, with a degree of forced hospitality closure in the top two tiers, first Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced.
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NewsScottish trade bodies launch legal action against government-imposed restrictions
Five of Scotland’s hospitality industry bodies have launched a legal process against the government-imposed restrictions placed on the licensed trade.
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NewsJudicial review launched into Manchester tier 3
Sacha Lord, the night time economy adviser for Greater Manchester, has commenced a Judicial Review into the legality of implementing emergency restrictions on the region’s hospitality sector without scientific evidence.
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NewsRare Restaurants the latest to accept business lunches
Gaucho and M Restaurants are now accepting business lunches, dinners, private dining and breakfast, CEO Martin Williams has confirmed.
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NewsScottish shutdown extended as it heads for tiered system
The closure of pubs, bars and restaurants in Scotland’s central belt will be extended for a further week whilst leaders work on a tiered system for the country.
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NewsTier 3 confirmed for South Yorkshire
Sheffield City will be the next region to move into tier 3, mayor Dan Jarvis has confirmed.
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NewsGreater Manchester goes into tier 3
Greater Manchester will be placed into tier 3 coronavirus restrictions on Friday after talks to reach a financial settlement broke down.
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NewsKhan calls for curfew to be scrapped
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called for called for the 10pm curfew to be scrapped, saying it “makes no sense” now the capital is in tier 2.
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NewsWorking lunch loophole
Working lunches could be exempt from coronavirus lockdown restrictions after an apparent loophole emerged.
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NewsManchester in stalemate over funding talks
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has said he was “surprised and disappointed” after the idea of a Hardship Fund to top up furlough payments and support the self-employed was flat out rejected by the government yesterday.
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NewsTwo-week lockdown: ‘Be careful what you wish for’
Operators who believe a two-week circuit-breaker could be a magic bullet should be “careful what they wish for”, UK Hospitality’s Kate Nicholls has warned.
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NewsWales to enter ‘fire-break’ lockdown
Hospitality businesses in Wales will be forced to close for two weeks as part of a “fire-break” lockdown, first minister Mark Drakeford has announced.
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NewsGreater Manchester to receive “tens of millions” in tier 3 government support
The Prime Minister could offer up to £100m to Manchester’s leaders to accept the government’s proposed tier 3 restrictions.
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NewsPM: Government will intervene if Manchester leaders don’t “reconsider and engage constructively”
Boris Johnson has urged Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to “reconsider and engage constructively” in talks to up the region’s alert level to tier 3.
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NewsLancashire moves to tier 3
Bars and pubs across Lancashire will close as it is set to move into tier 3 of England’s lockdown system.
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NewsNorthern leaders resist tier 3 restrictions
Political leaders in Manchester and the North East has resisted the imposition of tier 3 coronavirus restrictions by the government.
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NewsLondon to move into tier 2 from Saturday
London will move into tier 2 coronavirus restrictions measures from Saturday, with a ban on households mixing indoors, MPs have been told.
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NewsStar Pubs fined £2m over repeated pub code breaches
Pubs Code Adjudicator Fiona Dickie has fined Star Pubs and Bars £2m for “repeated offences” in breaching the code.
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NewsGovernment passes new regulations despite Tory rebellion
The government faced a 42-strong rebellion from within its own party over the 10pm curfew last night, but still comfortably won the vote.
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NewsSage urges two-week lockdown
Members of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) are urging the government to adopt a two-week “circuit breaker” lockdown over half term to save thousands of lives.