SNP left high and dry as Labour rejects minimum alcohol pricingAngus Macleod, Scottish Political Editor
The minority SNP government’s plans to adopt a minimum price for alcohol appear doomed after Labour’s appointment of a new shadow health secretary who is strongly against the move.
Jackie Baillie, whose constituency includes a big whisky firm employing 600 people, was appointed to the shadow health portfolio this week by Iain Gray, the Labour leader at Holyrood. . . . . . .
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