{"id":611268,"date":"2025-12-04T08:34:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/611268\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T08:34:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:34:20","slug":"pubs-in-england-and-wales-face-rule-change-in-2026-under-labour-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/611268\/","title":{"rendered":"Pubs in England and Wales face rule change in 2026 under Labour plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is proposing to extend opening hours.\"PubsPubs in England and Wales face rule change in 2026 under Labour plan<\/p>\n

Pubs in England face a rule change in 2026 – with plans for them to open until 1am for the World Cup. In a boost for struggling and hard-hit boozers, pubs will get extended opening times if England reach the quarters, semis or final of next summer\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n

The World Cup takes place in North America, across the US, Canada and Mexico. And Labour Party<\/a> Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is proposing to extend opening hours.<\/p>\n

Kick-off times will be confirmed on Saturday and may be at 5pm, 8pm, 11pm and 2am UK time. A six-week government consultation kicks off today about opening pubs until 1am \u2014 for matches kicking off at 9pm or earlier.<\/p>\n

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Star Pubs boss Lawson Mountstevens said: \u201cBig set-piece events like the World Cup are massive for bringing people together.<\/p>\n

\u201cTypically we see trade increase by over 20 per cent during these tournaments.\u201d The move will also impact Welsh boozers.<\/p>\n

Mike Dove, who runs the Three Horseshoes in Witney, Oxon, added: \u201cWe\u2019ll put a heck of a party on if England make the final stages and serve as late as we\u2019re allowed to.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we also need help now.\u201d Danni Hewson, at analysts AJ Bell, said: \u201cThat storming run resulted in millions more pints being pulled, pizzas scoffed, and bets placed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe general feel-good factor is also thought to have boosted consumer spend generally.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith UK economic growth flatlining in the last few months, the prospect of a summer of sport to lift the spirits could be just the tonic the economy needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Birmingham<\/a> MP Ms Mahmood said: \u201cOur nations\u2019 pubs are going into extra time. This World Cup could be the first in over 60 years with every home nation there.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf any nation reaches the final stages, we will extend licensing hours. The party won\u2019t end before the final whistle is blown. And in a personal capacity, I would like to add . . . It\u2019s coming home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is proposing to extend opening hours.Pubs in England and Wales face rule change in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[10845,748,393,4884,10846,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-611268","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-birmingham-pubs-and-bars","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-pubs-in-birmingham","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}