A body representing local authorities has given a cool response to plans to introduce a minimum price of alcohol, saying that tackling cheap drinks is “only one part of the problem”.
Adults ages between 25 to 44 have been labelled “Britain’s hidden binge drinkers” as new statistics show that they drink more heavily and more regularly than young adults.
SABMiller and the BII (British Institute of Innkeeping) are set to launch a new scheme aimed at helping bar staff battle against alcohol abuse and under-age sales.
Apart, perhaps, from her something-of-the-night speech, which raised a brief chuckle, Ann Widdecombe, former MP and full-time virgin, has never appealed to me.
It was a premature birth and the mother was unexpected. Instead of health minister Andrew Lansley delivering the Government Alcohol Strategy this week, home secretary Theresa May suddenly appeared as his surrogate last Friday.
The Association for Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has disputed statistics that show alcohol consumption has increased deaths from liver-related diseases.
The drink debate is firmly on the agenda in pubs, clubs, doctors’ surgeries and even the House of Commons bar, where it could be said that low prices encourage our stressed MPs to binge at the taxpayers’ expense.
The plan to ban sales of alcohol below the combined cost of duty and VAT would have “limited impact” on prices in shops and supermarkets, according to a new study.
The words ‘drunk tank’ conjure up conflicting emotions for me. I think of Fairytale of New York and get all warm Christmassy feelings. Then I think of poor Kirsty MacColl, oh why did she have to die?
It must be that time of year. We’re getting deluged with alcohol-related stories and studies. There really ought to be a recommended limit for consuming this kind of stuff.
The Scottish Beer & Pub Association (SBPA) has welcomed figures published by the Scottish Government showing improvements in the levels of alcohol abuse and misuse.
Brighton & Hove City Council is the first local authority to call for the Government to set differential rates of VAT for the on and off-trades to help combat the cheap booze fuelling binge drinking.
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