Archive: Alcohol

Miliband spikes Cameron's PMQs with leadership mockery

With friends like these: Around the Cabinet table

David Cameron faced mockery and derision in the Commons this lunchtime, after Ed Miliband used the government's alcohol pricing U-turn to pour scorn on his rival's leadership.

PMQs verdict: Miliband finally trounces Cameron

May the force be with you: Leadership rumours destabilise Cameron

Comment: If you want to reduce drinking, make it more common

Cameron defies Clegg over 'illiberal' alcohol pricing policy

Plans are aimed at curbing binge drinking

David Cameron is continuing to commit to a policy of minimum alcohol pricing of 45p per unit, despite many Cabinet members opposing the move.

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Comment: Alcohol pricing could lead to stricter border controls

Civil liberty encroachments tend to be a one way street

Framing binge culture in nationalistic terms is the thin end of a draconian wedge.

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Govt announces alcohol pricing consultation... again

Pushing up the price: Govt toying with 45p minimum per unit of alcohol.

The government has taken further action on problem drinking, by once again announcing the same consultation it had originally planned to hold during the summer.

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Price of a pint: The war against beer tax

The price of a pint: MPs fight for tax reduction on beer

Pub goers could enjoy significantly cheaper pints if a group of MPs manage to force a U-turn on beer tax later this week.

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Royal College of Physicians: Minimum pricing will have real benefits

Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, of the Royal College of Physicians and the Alcohol Health Alliance expresses support for the government's proposals for minimum pricing per unit of alcohol.

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Acpo: New alcohol laws will reduce pressure on the police

The chief constable John Stoddart, the Association of Chief Police Officers' lead on alcohol, welcomes the government's announcement that it will impose a minimum price per unit of alcohol.

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May: We don't want to damage responsible drinkers

Home secretary Theresa May makes the case for the government's proposal to impose a minimum price per unit of alcohol.

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British Retail Consortium: These proposals are simplistic

Andrew Opie of the British Retail Consortium criticises the government's proposal to impose a minimum price per unit of alcohol.

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MPs to face new drinking rules

Time, gentlemen: New rules for drinking in parliament are likely

MPs are likely to be subject to new rules on the consumption of alcohol in parliament, after Eric Joyce was found guilty of a drunken assault.

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Comment: The Blair government created an alcohol monster

Dr Jane McGregor is a part time lecturer at Nottingham University.

It is probably right to 'call time' on 'Binge Britain' and time to take up policies like Scotland's, which are based on a more nuanced understanding of the problems and benefits of drink.

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The Week in Politics: The non-stop prime minister

In a rush: Cameron is everywhere all at once

The ubiquitous David Cameron and the need to slow down.

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Comment: If you want to reduce drinking, make it more common

Clayton Hartley is a blogger and co-runs the Candlelight Club

David Cameron has noticed binge drinking is "one of the scandals of our society" and is "determined to deal with it" - what took him so long?

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Costs of Britain's booze binges revealed

Problem drinking is costing the taxpayer £2.7 billion a year, the prime minister will warn later.

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Sexist 'Top Totty' parliamentary beer sparks outrage

The beer prompted a short outrage before it was banned fro the parliamentary estate.

A beer was removed from sale on the parliamentary estate this afternoon, after a Labour MP complained it was sexist.

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MPs demand booze guidelines rethink

Government alcohol guidelines should be revised to recommend two dry days every week, MPs have said.

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New year's resolution? Cameron launches war on alcohol

Reports of the strategy emerged just days before New Year's Eve

Drinkers looking to cut down on their intake in the new year will receive some help from the government, after reports emerged of a 'big bang' plan to tackle alcohol consumption in England and Wales.

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