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Scotland's minimum pricing for alcohol to take effect in May 2018

Shona Robison announces plan to fix level at 50p a unit, aiming to reduce hospital admissions by 8,254 in first five years

Scotland’s minimum pricing policy for alcohol, to be fixed at 50p a unit, will come into force on 1 May 2018, the Scottish health secretary has announced.

In a statement at Holyrood, Shona Robison said ministers were keen to introduce minimum unit pricing (MUP) as soon as possible and would be unveiling a consultation paper on its implementation next week.

Related: Scotland’s alcohol pricing move shows again the good that devolution can do | Mary Dejevsky

Continue reading... November 21, 2017 at 09:12PM

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