内容摘要：But the government's environment department, Defra, and the Environment Agency are currently consulting on any changes, and have said they would "carefully consider" the OEP's allegations.

But the government's environment department, Defra, and the Environment Agency are currently consulting on any changes, and have said they would "carefully consider" the OEP's allegations.

after a member of security staff allegedly raped a woman.He criticised Westminster City Council and the Met Police as well as local residents' groups as being too resistant to measures, such as late licences, which he said would benefit the nightlife industry.

A council spokesperson said they were proud supporters of LGBT+ businesses and the wider community in Soho and Westminster, while the Met said it understood the "complexities" that night-time venues face."This isn't an easy decision. To me it is more than just a bar, it's also my home - I've lived above it for over 15 years," Mr Joseph said in a statement.He added the closure of Heaven while its licence was under review had put G-A-Y Bar "at risk financially".

"Even now after Heaven's reopening, the damage financially and mentally has been irreparable," he said.The venue was closed at the request of the Met Police and reviewed by the council after the alleged rape. During the review process, a Met spokesperson called the venue the "

New security measures were put in place, with police input, and the council's licensing committee allowed it to reopen last month.

After another one of his venues, G-A-Y Late, closed in 2023, he said he had planned to apply for a late licence for his remaining venue under that brand.“It was a dream story for the far-right,” he said.

“They had no interest in solutions, they were interested in exploiting the situation."Ten years on, tensions remain in the town and recently came to the fore at the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers, near Rotherham, when a riot broke out outside the hotel, which housed asylum seekers, in the wake of the Southport knife attack.

“There is such a danger in allowing people to blame ‘the other’, especially when your life itself isn't great,” he said.Mr Norfolk first became aware of cases in West Yorkshire when Ann Cryer, at the time the MP for Keighley, publicly raised concerns about the abuse of two girls in her constituency.