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NEW POLL: do you support a minimum price for alcohol?

By Stephen Tall | Mon 16th March 2009 - 9:37 am

Government ministers have spent the last 24 hours distancing themselves from the proposal of chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson to establish a minimum price for alcohol which would see the doubling of the price of many beers and spirits.

Today’s Guardian reports:

Plans to charge a minimum of 50p per unit of alcohol are to be put forward by Sir Liam Donaldson today. The Scottish government is planning to introduce minimum prices for alcohol and these could come into force by the end of the year. It would make Scotland the first country in Europe to introduce minimum pricing,

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Posted in News and Voice polls | Also tagged alcohol, NHS and nick clegg | 27 Comments

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