English Pubs Beg Rethink on Lockdown Takeaway Beer Ban

A couple drink from takeaway glasses outside a pub in the Grassmarket following last orders at 6 p.m. in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Oct. 9, 2020. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

English landlords want to be allowed to continue selling takeaway pints through the impending national lockdown, amid suggestions that one in four pubs may never again open their doors.

The lockdown rules, which face scrutiny by a parliamentary vote on Wednesday, would allow restaurants and pubs to provide takeaway food, but not alcohol.