The move means that a wrecking plan by the Government, to severely restrict when pub owners tied into unfair contracts with big pubcos can access the so-called ‘market rent only’ option and buy their own beer, will now not go ahead. Pub champion Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland has long fought for the Market Rent … Continue reading Liberal Democrats have hailed a Government u-turn on the Pubs Code as a success in the fight to protect local business.