Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has urged the killjoy Nats to back late licenses for Euro 2024... or face a Tartan Army exodus to England! The UK Government is planning to extend pub licensing hours in England and Wales if any of the Home Nations makes it through to the latter stages of this summer’s tournament. And the SNP/Green administration said it would be left up to individual councils to decide whether to allow pubs to open late this summer. A spokesman said: “The Scottish Government does not have a power to grant extensions of licensed hours. In Aberdeen, meanwhile, applications to stay open late were considered on a case-by-case basis.

Source: Express January 10, 2024 00:24 UTC