sunday shops, sport and bars … inside the battle to create our modern weekend /

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Newly released confidential papers reveal divisions in Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet over radical change to trading lawsOn 3 March 1986,BM Brownhill wrote to the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, or expressing disquiet over government plans to allow shops to open on Sundays. “I am a Christian and believe that Sunday is a day of rest,” Brownhill explained.
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Source: guardian.co.uk

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