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The spring budget and alcohol duty unpacked The spring budget featured some important updates on alcohol duty – but what does it all mean? The Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) has published a report analysing […]

Rising alcohol deaths reflect lockdown pressures on families The announcement that a further 1,190 people in Scotland have died through alcohol-specific causes in 2020 reflects another year of heartbreak for families affected by alcohol harm. […]

New research released today suggests that the Great British public want to see the Government do more to protect children’s exposure to alcohol advertising. Newly published findings from YouGov[1] asked the public whether they would […]

ITV investigation finds the number of rehab facilities in England has fallen by 38% since 2012 ITV’s Tonight programme Are You Drinking Too Much? found a 16% fall in funding for addiction services by local […]

Analysis for the Labour Party by the House of Commons Library has shown that local authority drug and alcohol treatment services faced real-terms budget cuts of 15% over a four year period. In 2016/17 the total local authority […]

Increased alcohol consumption during the pandemic, particularly amongst heavy drinkers, is likely driving an unprecedented acceleration in alcoholic liver disease deaths, according to Public Health England. Public Health England has today published the trends in […]

More must be done to fill the gaps in knowledge around LGBTQ+ people and alcohol There are around 1.4 million people in the UK who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. According to the latest […]

Around 741,000 of all new cancer cases in 2020 may be associated with drinking alcohol, according to a new study released today. The global study, published in The Lancet Oncology, estimates that 4% of all […]

Leading health experts are calling for better alcohol labelling as new research suggests that most of the public do not know the nutritional information of popular alcoholic drinks. The research also showed that the majority […]

Sports coverage ‘exposing children to alcohol marketing’, new research suggests A report published in Alcohol and Alcoholism has revealed that rugby fans watched more than four hours of footage containing Guinness branding during TV coverage of the […]