Daylight-saving measure fails to gain enough support.

A plan to bring Britain’s clocks into line with those in the rest of Europe has failed to gather the necessary political support. The potential change, championed by supporters as a way to save lives and energy, will now be dropped.

The measure would have given Britain an extra hour of evening daylight in both winter and summer, by advancing the clocks an hour ahead of their current times while continuing to observe ‘daylight saving time’ (DST) by moving them forward in spring and back in autumn.

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