Figures from the crime survey of England and Wales show that 17 per cent of attacks which caused injury took place around pubs or clubs Demotix ImagesA scheme to make pubs and bars pay towards policing the night-time economy raised less than £4 million in five years. Eight licensing authorities have brought in a late night levy, according to figures from the Home Office, despite its estimate that more than ten times that number would seek to impose one. Under the scheme, introduced by Theresa May as home secretary, 70 per cent of revenue from the annual levy should go to the police and the rest to services such as alcohol treatment. Mrs May also brought in early morning restriction orders, allowing authorities to ban clubs and pubs from opening between midnight and 6am. The measures came into force in 2012 but the figures for England and Wales show that eight…

Source: The Times December 29, 2017 00:00 UTC