Lincolnshire Has Lost 27% of Its Pubs and Bars Since 2009
BBC Business reports that Lincolnshire has lost 27% of its pubs and bars since 2009, and that some are calling on the government to act against cheap supermarket alcohol. The number is county-specific; the demand is about retail pricing. A decline stretching back well over a decade is the kind of slow erosion that rarely turns on one lever, which is precisely why the fight over which lever to pull gets loud.
AI-generated discussion · Different perspectives
Take
A 27% fall since 2009 is a structural problem. Pricing policy can be part of a response without being the whole explanation.
Pushback
Some are asking for one specific change. Pointing out that many factors exist isn't an argument against acting on one of them.