Smoking Ban In Pub Gardens Scrapped After Policy Was Leaked, Wes Streeting Confirms

Wes Streeting, health secretary, has confirmed that the smoking ban in pub gardens will now be scrapped.

Wes Streeting confirmed that the government has scrapped its plan to impose a smoking ban on pub gardens after the policy was leaked.

As first reported by The Sun in August, ministers were planning to ban smoking in outdoor restaurants, outside sports stadiums and hospitals as well as pub gardens – news which triggered a significant backlash from the hospitality sector. 

Two months later...