Johnson backs under-21 alcohol sales ban scheme

Tuesday, 5th August 2009

The Mayor of London is backing an initiative to ban the sale of alcohol to under-21s in areas that have particular problems with binge drinking.

It comes as new Home Office figures revealed that a fifth of youngsters aged 11 to 15 had drunk alcohol in the last seven days.

Under the Croydon Borough Council voluntary scheme, off-licences and supermarkets would not sell alcohol to young adults.
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