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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Liberal Democrats manifesto: support for minimum pricing principle and below cost ban


The Liberal Democrats have released their 2010 election manifesto, outlining their proposals for alcohol policy:

"We will...reduce the ill health and crime caused by excessive drinking. We support a ban on below-cost selling, and are in favour of the principle of minimum pricing, subject to detailed work to establish how it could be used in tackling problems of irresponsible drinking. We will also review the complex, ill-thought-through system of taxation for alcohol to ensure it tackles binge drinking without unfairly penalising responsible drinkers, pubs and important local industries." . . . . .

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