{
  "id": 415054,
  "title": "London mayor orders council to drop plan to ban new pubs and bars in Soho and West End",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/london-mayor-orders-council-to-drop-plan-to-ban-new-pubs-and-bars-in",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-09T17:00:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/09/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-westminster-ban-new-pubs-restaurants-soho-west-end"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Exclusive: Sadiq Khan urges Westminster council to adopt ‘positive vision of economic growth’ of nightlife Sadiq Khan has ordered Westminster council to scrap a policy that would ban new pubs and bars from opening in Soho and the West End of London. This comes after the Guardian revealed the council’s new licensing policy asks pubs to stop customers from standing up while consuming beverages,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}