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Thursday, October 9, 2008

Minimum pricing: the thin end of the wedge?

9 October, 2008

By James Wilmore

Pressure for the government to act is building, but where will it lead?

In the government’s attempts to tackle the problems around alcohol, one solution has provoked more reaction than most. Minimum pricing.

A significant number of people, inside and outside of Westminster, now believe introducing a minimum price on a unit of alcohol will help curb some of the problems associated with booze.

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