New government rules state customers must pre-order drinks by phone or online
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English pubs will be able to sell takeaway beer during this month’s lockdown, as long as its pre-ordered by phone or online, in a government U-turn after fears that more than 7m pints of alcohol would have to be poured away.
The new rules are laid out in the government regulations on the new high street lockdown which were published less than 48 hours before they come into effect on Thursday.
