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Fast-track plan to let pubs serve in beer gardens and shops open all-day Sunday

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Pubs and cafes could be given fast-track approval to serve food and drink outside under new plans.

The measures being drawn up by Downing Street could also see shops able to trade all day on a Sunday the Times report.

The plans would see the government do away with the need for the 28-day minimum statutory consultation period as well as the suspension of Sunday trading laws for a year.

This would mean that supermarkets could stay open longer than six hours and cafes and restaurants which want to seat diners outside will not have to pay fees to local authorities.

The idea of the plans is that it will get the economy back up and moving quickly after non-essential businesses - which included the vast majority of the hospitality sector - had to close their doors back in March.

Reopening of venues is expected to begin from July 4 in England with the government expected to publish its guidelines on how pubs, restaurants and hotels can begin to welcome customers again.

But the latest reports comes as the hospitality sector calls for two-metre social distancing rule to be halved.

Trade organisations have warned that in order for the industry to survive when they finally reopen, the strict measure would need to be reduced.