England's pubs and restaurants will be forced to take punters' contact details or face £1,000 fines in a coronavirus crackdown.
Hospitality venues, which also include cafes, have been told since July to keep customers' details for 21 days. The information is designed to help contact tracers track down people who might have caught Covid-19 at the venue.
But until now the policy was only voluntary in England - despite being made a legal requirement in Scotland. This afternoon Boris Johnson said fines would now be levied against venues which do not comply.
Mr Johnson said: "In future, premises where people meet socially will be legally required to request the contact details of a member of every party, record and retain these details for 21
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