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More info × Group 28 Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show Me No thanks, close See our Privacy Notice At Christmas time many people enjoy a drink or two, and a lot of people will be popping to their local pub over the coming week. At present you need to be 18 to buy alcohol in the UK. However a petition to Parliament is calling for this to be changed.

The petition, which so far has been signed by just 11 people, calls for the drinking age in the country's pubs to be lowered to 14. It added that should be with a meal and with .