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		</div><p>Pubs and restaurants in England will be forced to close by 10pm from Thursday, Boris Johnson is set to announce.<br />
The UK Prime Minister will address the nation on Tuesday evening to outline new measures to tackle the sharp rise in coronavirus cases.</p>
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<p>As well as the curfew, the hospitality sector will be restricted by law to table service only.</p>
<p>Mr Johnson will chair meetings of Cabinet and the Cobra emergency committee – including the leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – ahead of a live, televised address at 8pm.<br />
The Prime Minister is expected to set out further ways the country can confront coronavirus in line with the scientific advice.</p>
<p>It comes after the UK’s four chief medical officers recommended raising the Covid alert level from three to four – the second highest – indicating the “epidemic is in general circulation; transmission is high or rising exponentially”.</p>
<p>And earlier on Monday, Sir Patrick Vallance – the chief scientific adviser – said the UK could see 50,000 Covid-19 cases a day by mid-October and a daily death toll of 200 or more a month later unless urgent action is taken.</p>
<p>A Number 10 spokesperson said: “No-one underestimates the challenges the new measures will pose to many individuals and businesses.</p>
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<p>“We know this won’t be easy, but we must take further action to control the resurgence in cases of the virus and protect the NHS.”</p>
<blockquote><p>This curfew will lead to the demise of many of our most beloved cultural and entertainment venues</p></blockquote>
<p>Kate Nicholls, CEO of trade body UKHospitality, said the introduction of a 10pm curfew for pubs, bars and restaurants was “bad for business” and called for more support for the sector.<br />
She said: “These restrictions will come as another crushing blow for many hospitality businesses struggling to recover so it’s crucial these new rules are applied with flexibility.</p>
<p>“A hard close time is bad for business and bad for controlling the virus – we need to allow time for people to disperse over a longer period. Table service has been widely adopted in some parts of the sector since reopening but it is not necessary across all businesses, such as coffee shops.</p>
<p>“We agree with the Government that we are all in this together. Hospitality has played its part by investing in Covid-secure venues and reassuring their customers. Now, it’s time for Government to demonstrate its commitment to the sector and its recovery – hundreds of thousands of livelihoods depend upon it.”</p>
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<p>But Michael Kill, chief executive of the Night-Time Industries Association said the announcement was “yet another devastating blow” to the sector.</p>
<p>“This curfew will lead to the demise of many of our most beloved cultural and entertainment venues,” he said.<br />
“Businesses in the night-time economy are both shocked and disappointed by the Government’s continued targeting of restrictions on late-night venues and bars, partially open at a fraction of their capacity, when they have admitted that the majority of transmission takes place in households.</p>
<p>“As a result of this measure, we foresee a surge of unregulated events and house parties which are the real hot beds of infection, attended by frustrated young people denied access to safe and legitimate night-time hospitality venues.”</p>
<p>And Christopher Snowdon, head of lifestyle economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “A 10pm closing time for all pubs, bars and other hospitality seems to have emerged from a random policy generator.</p>
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<p>“While mandatory table service has been part of the successful Swedish approach and may have merit, the new closing time will be devastating to a hospitality sector that was already suffering after the first lockdown.</p>
<p>“The Government should publish the evidence upon which this decision was based.”</p>
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