This report presents the findings of the Commission on Alcohol Harm, which was established in 2020 to examine the current evidence on alcohol harm and the changes needed to reduce this harm. The commission heard […]
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AHA responds to the UK Government extending the alcohol duty freeze to August 2023
The UK Government have announced that the freeze on alcohol duty will now be extended until August 2023. In response, Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, Chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance, said: “We are pleased that […]
Alcohol duty explained: Cuts, inflation, and public health
Colin Angus, senior research fellow at the University of Sheffield, unpacks the relationship between alcohol duty, inflation, and the public health impact.
AHA responds to the Chancellor reversing alcohol duty freeze
The Chancellor has announced that the previously planned alcohol duty freeze will be reversed. In response, Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, Chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance UK, said: “We welcome the Government’s recent decision to […]
AHA responds to September 2022 UK mini-budget
On 23 September 2022, Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng delivered his Growth Plan 2022, setting out Government plans to tackle the rising cost of living and tame inflation. This included the decision to freeze alcohol duty […]
Alcohol sales in Scotland drop to lowest level for 26 years
Scotland continues to see a drop in per person alcohol sales, highlighting the effect minimum unit pricing is having. Those exceeding the 14 unit guidance has dropped from 34% in 2003 to 24% in 2019. […]
Small change: alcohol at pocket money prices AHA pricing survey 2020
Comparing the price of the cheapest products on sale across England, Scotland and Wales
Pour decisions? – The case for reforming alcohol duty
The Social Market Foundation report recommends a drastic shake up of the alcohol duty system in the UK.
Pubs Quizzed: What Publicans Think About Policy, Public Health and the Changing Trade
A closer look at the way publicans view alcohol policy and challenges within the alcohol industry.
Views from behind the bar
A survey of 200 pub landlords explores the issues that cheap off-license prices and alcohol duty create for the hospitality sector.