Sentences with phrase «unit alcohol price»

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Scotland has led the world by becoming the first country to implement a minimum unit price for alcohol, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

UK: Government drops minimum unit pricing The UK Coalition Government has officially abandoned plans to introduce minimum unit pricing for alcohol in England and Wales.

just The Facts - Minimum pricing on alcohol in Scotland On Monday, the Scottish government confirmed it will set a minimum price of GBP0.50 (US$ 0.80) per unit of alcohol.

The value - based WET effectively taxes alcohol at a lower rate in cheap cask wines than it does in more expensive, higher - quality wines (two wines, same alcoholic content, but different prices and therefore different tax rates per unit of alcohol).

Commenting on the findings of this report, IAS Chief Executive Katherine Brown said: «The desire to support pubs has often been used as a reason to resist policies to reduce alcohol - related harm, including minimum unit pricing, increasing alcohol taxes and stricter drink - drive laws.

Our findings suggest that whether you want to support pubs or to reduce harmful drinking, the answer is the same: increase the price of the cheapest alcohol through tax or minimum unit pricing.»

These findings highlight divisions in the alcohol industry, with several major multinational producers actively opposing policies such as minimum unit pricing (MUP), which would increase the price of the cheapest products sold in shops and supermarkets.

Many fail to realise that the UK has driven multiple progressive policies aimed at improving the health of the population, whether plain packaging for cigarettes, minimum pricing units for alcohol, or the most recent sugar tax.

The ten - week consultation will assess whether a minimum 45p per unit price for alcohol would reduce problem drinking and help clean up disorder on British high streets on weekend evenings.

Scotland is set to introduce minimum unit pricing, having twice overcome legal challenges from the alcohol industry.

The evidence on alcohol minimum unit pricing was covered up by Cameron and his cronies for their sponsors in big booze.

«We call on the Government to better support our emergency services and implement policies to ease this burden, such as minimum unit pricing for alcohol.

The long - awaited alcohol strategy is also set to introduce minimum pricing, probably at 40p a unit, in a move which will be enthusiastically welcomed by health campaigners.

It is disappointing that five years have been wasted on a fruitless exercise when the government could have been making real progress by delivering on its commitments to introduce evidence based policies such as minimum unit pricing for alcohol.

Evidence shows that the most effective policies to reduce alcohol harms, including harms to others, are: - Raising the price of the cheapest alcohol, through taxation and minimum unit pricing - Regulating the density of outlets that can serve alcohol and restricting the permitted hours of sale - drink driving laws, including a lower legal blood alcohol limit and random roadside breath tests - Screening and brief advice for people who are at risk of drinking to a level that is harmful to themselves and others However, the most effective approach is a comprehensive, multi-sectorial set of measures that work together to reduce levels of harmful drinking.

This article is from the April 2013 issue of Total Politics The scandal of Britain's binge drinking - culture continues to make headlines and the government has proposed a minimum unit price on alcohol by way of a solution.

The prime minister showed signs of movement where he had previously refused to acknowledge the benefits of introducing minimum pricing per unit on alcohol.

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Research by Dr Robin Purshouse of Sheffield University for the Scottish government suggests a minimum price on every unit of alcohol of 40p would cut 1,000 premature deaths a year.

Publishing response to the consultation on the introduction of a minimum unit price for alcohol - Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

The prime minister announced the government's support for a minimum price per unit of alcohol today.

In other news, the government announced it would introduce a minimum price per unit of alcohol.

An independent panel has published a report today supporting the Welsh Government's proposal to introduce minimum unit pricing for alcohol.

Plaid also promises to introduce a 50p minimum price per unit for alcohol, which the coalition Government retreated from enacting.

In a forgettable PMQs today, Ed Miliband criticised David Cameron on his rumoured imminent u-turn on minimum unit pricing for alcohol by asking if he could «organise anything in a brewery».

by the Labour leader, although when she spoke, she decided to ditch the cigs and reach straight for the bottle with her question about why minimum unit pricing for alcohol was «sitting on death row».

Last week the government announced it is setting the minimum price per unit of alcohol at 45p.

The policy of minimum alcohol price per unit has the potential to become one of these devices.

After the two - month consultation on minimum alcohol unit pricing ended in February, the Queen's speech would be an appropriate time to announce legislation on the matter.

I have considerable reservations about the efficacy of a minimum unit price for alcohol (MUP).

The Scottish government, too, has described minimum unit pricing as the «missing piece of the jigsaw» in tackling the country's relationship with alcohol.

He said the decision in March 2012 by the Coalition Government to set a minimum price of 40p on a unit of alcohol to reduce consumption was a reverse of the principle behind traditional price fixing, which had been to protect consumers from sharp rises and guarantee the availability of necessities like beer.

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) agree that alcohol misuse must be tackled, but minimum unit pricing is not the way to go about it.

Medical experts, led by Sir Ian Gilmore, special advisor on alcohol at the Royal College of Physicians write: «Today the public learns of the deplorable practices that were instrumental in the government's decision to reverse its commitment to save thousands of lives through implementing a minimum unit price for alcohol,

The Prime Minister said that proposals by ten local councils in Greater Manchester to introduce the minimum pricing per unit of alcohol in their area would be looked at «very sympathetically».

A new study of liver patients by the University of Southampton shows that a Minimum Unit Price (MUP) policy for alcohol is exquisitely targeted towards the heaviest drinkers with cirrhosis.

Professor Nick Sheron, from the University of Southampton, comments: «Setting a Minimum Unit Price for alcohol is an almost perfect alcohol policy because it targets cheap booze bought by very heavy drinkers and leaves moderate drinkers completely unaffected.

Professor Ian Gilmore, the RCP special advisor on Alcohol and Chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance, adds: «Once again another robust study has highlighted the possible benefits a Minimum Unit Price could have on those in society who drink most heavily.

The evidence is clear from this study that a Minimum Unit Price would not have a significant effect on low risk drinkers but would target those for whom the impact of alcohol - related liver disease is most devastating.

SCOTLAND will become the first country to introduce minimum unit pricing for alcohol after its government won a legal battle last week.

Any retail seller of alcohol in Scotland will be required to ensure that an alcohol product must not be sold at a price below a statutorily determined minimum price per unit of alcohol.