Pubs WILL be able to serve takeaway pints during lockdown with new loophole

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PUBS WILL be allowed to serve takeaway pints but only if they’re ordered in advance.

A loophole in the government’s newly released lockdown regulations means boozers can serve alcohol to go – but only if ordered online, on the phone or even by post before they arrive.

Pubs will be able to sell pints if they are ordered in advance by the phone or online

The original guidance on the new measures had said that all booze sales for takeaway would be banned.

But the new regulations published today show that booze – and other food – can be collected if ordered in advance.

However, they will only be able to do this up to 10pm – like the current pub curfew.

The news could provide a lifeline to many boozers forced to shutter in lockdown 2.0, with many pub companies spending large sums of cash on apps to help make venues covid secure.

The regulations say booze can be sold “by making deliveries in response to orders received, through a website, or otherwise by on-line communication, by telephone, including orders by text message, or by post, to a purchaser who collects food or drink that has been pre-ordered.”

Greg Mulholland, Campaign Director of the Campaign for Pubs said the loophole was “welcome.”

He added: “It just shows the farce of this new system.

“It’s extraordinary that originally they said there would be no sale of alcohol to takeaway.

“But it is welcome news, as it means many pubs won’t have to pour perfectly good draft beer away.

“It means that people can safely enjoy takeaways, and sensibly enjoy alcohol at home throughout the lockdown, and saving many businesses until they can fully open again.”

The regulations also show that bottle shops at breweries will be exempt from closing.

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