Colin Wilkinson

SLTA boss Colin Wilkinson says: 'These proposals must cover all licensed hospitality businesses.' Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

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The UK economy contracted for the second month in a row in April in the first back-to-back fall since Covid struck in 2020, as the cost-of-living crisis brought Britain's pandemic recovery to an abrupt end. Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

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