{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/67dd71faec9837e25e798cc6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Rachel Reeves is about to kill off the night out","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/1742566837792-fd73dc5c-33bc-4766-a8ae-73b027aa0011.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Restaurant critic David Ellis and food and drink writer Josh Barrie are back. This week they discuss <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/going-out/restaurants/rachel-reeves-hospitality-cuts-budget-b1217145.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">why the upcoming spring statement is going to wreak havoc on London's nightlife industry</a>. This concern comes at the same time as Westminster City Council’s recent proposal of “quiet nights” for pubs, clubs and bars to help curb resident complaints. Josh walks us through his recent article titled&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/going-out/restaurants/is-the-spirit-of-soho-slowly-being-suffocated-b1217442.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The suffocation of Soho: how London's creative rogue is being sanitised.</em></a></p><p>Plus, how much bottomless lasagne can one man eat?<a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/going-out/restaurants/senza-fondo-lasagne-restaurant-review-shoreditch-b1217671.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> David reviews his recent trip down to Senza Fondo.</a></p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}