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Responding to the Chancellor’s decision to freeze alcohol duty at the Autumn budget, Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, Chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance UK, said: “The decision to freeze alcohol duty today is utterly frustrating […]

Today, Sheffield Alcohol Research Group published a new modelling report that concludes Inflation and the COVID-19 pandemic have eroded the effectiveness of Minimum Unit Pricing for alcohol in Scotland. In response to the report, Sir […]

In this blog Dr Peter Rice, President of the European Alcohol Policy Alliance and Chair of the Institute of Alcohol Studies, examines the final report from Public Health Scotland that evaluates the impact of minimum […]

Public Health Scotland (PHS) has today published the final report on the independent evaluation of the impact of minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol in Scotland. Evidence shows that MUP has had a positive impact […]

Responding to the Chancellor’s decision to increase most alcohol duty from 1st August, Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, Chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance UK, said: “The Government’s decision to increase most alcohol duty today is […]

Ahead of the Spring Budget, 46 leading health experts including members of the Alcohol Health Alliance (AHA), academics and parliamentarians are urging the Chancellor of the Exchequer to increase alcohol duty when the current freeze […]

The Alcohol Health Alliance UK have submitted a representation ahead of the Spring 2023 budget, setting out: The submission makes the following recommendations: Read the full submission here:

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 […]

Colin Angus, senior research fellow at the University of Sheffield, unpacks the relationship between alcohol duty, inflation, and the public health impact.