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UK Law Change Allows Care Homes to Serve Alcohol Without a Licence, Following Campaign by Resident

A regulatory change in the UK now permits care homes to serve alcohol to residents without requiring a licence, following a campaign led by care home resident Anita Le Brun.

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This story restores dignity to a group, care home residents, whose everyday agency is rarely treated as newsworthy, and asks what it means to truly honour our neighbours in late life.
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