Prescott 'Covering Up' the Effects of 24-Hour Drinking

Mail on Sunday › November 21, 2005

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DEPUTY Prime Minister John Prescott has been accused of trying to cover up the damaging effects of 24-hour drinking by ordering councils to stop collecting alcohol-related crime figures.

Mr Prescott originally hailed the decision to begin collating such statistics as an important part of the Government's commitment to tackling alcohol-fuelled antisocial behaviour.

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Prescott 'Covering Up' the Effects of 24-Hour Drinking

But now, as the deregulation of licensing laws comes into force this week extending traditional pub closing hours beyond 11pm the Deputy Prime ...

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