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07/12/2012

Weekly news update: Green King backs MUP

Round up of this week's news and policy updates.

30/11/2012

Weekly News Update: Minimum price plan to end cheap alcohol sales...

Round up of this week's news and policy updates

28/11/2012

Don't sacrifice 1,000 lives for the sake of 5p

Colin Shevills, Director of Balance, said: “This consultation is a real opportunity to make significant progress in tackling alcohol misuse, as long as we set a minimum unit price of...

23/11/2012

Weekly news update: Alcohol Awareness Week

Round up of this week's news and policy updates

23/11/2012

Landlords call time on cheap alcohol

Pubs across the north east are calling on Government to ease pressure on small business by taking action on cheap supermarket alcohol.

23/11/2012

Open letter to Michael Fallon MP

The great British community pub, so central to our national identity, is on its knees. The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) estimates that 16 pubs a week are calling time for the last...

19/11/2012

Cheaper to get drunk than to go to the cinema say UKs young people...

Cheap alcohol encourages young people to drink to get drunk, according to a new report from Balance, the North East Alcohol Office and Alcohol Concern.

16/11/2012