Councils want to block new pubs in areas where heavy drinking is harming health

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The Local Government Association wants to make it a legal requirement to consider health issues before granting alcohol licences

Town hall chiefs say hospital admissions and ambulance data should be looked at before granting licences for bars, clubs and takeaways selling drink.

 

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Didn't they know prohibition was tried in America,a lot of people lost their lives.

It’s not pubs , it’s the types of pub. There’s a difference between opening a pub with the intention of it becoming a boozer and opening a pub where even a family could enjoy a meal as well as people having a drink.

That's because councellors are mostly puritan stiffs. Nothing to do with drunkenness.

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