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Weekly News Update: Government to back Scotland on alcohol pricing

Posted 05/10/12

National news

UK government to back Scotland on minimum alcohol pricing
The UK government is to back the Scottish government when its minimum alcohol pricing legislation is challenged in the courts.  Click here for more...

Cameron's plan for minimum alcohol prices left in tatters after EU legal threat
David Cameron’s plans to introduce minimum prices for alcohol to tackle Britain’s binge drinking culture have been left in tatters by a legal threat from Brussels.  Click here for more...