Minimum pricing of alcohol is to be introduced in England and Wales in an effort to combat excessive consumption and prevent town centres becoming no-go areas due to drunken louts, the British home secretary Theresa May has announced.
A pricing regime will set a minimum price of 40p per unit of alcohol to deal with the problem, which costs the UK an estimated £21 billion (€25 billion) a year. Also to be introduced are a ban on multi-purchase discount deals, a zero tolerance approach to drunken behaviour in hospital AE departments, a possible late-night levy to get pubs and clubs to help pay for policing, and improved powers to stop serving alcohol to drunks.
Source: Una Bradley, Irish Times, 24/03/2012
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