Alcohol industry angry over proposed minimum alcohol prices

Posted on 4 Jan 2012 by Tim Brown
The drinks industry is furious at suggestions by Prime Minister David Cameron that he could follow Scotland’s lead and introduce a minimum price for alcoholic drinks in England. At present beer and lager is taxed at about 18p a unit, compared with 19p a unit for wine and about 25p a unit for standard spirits.…

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