Rennie calls for emergency summit on alcohol pricing
Today the European Court of Justice ruled that minimum alcohol pricing is contrary to EU law if other tax options exist. From the BBC: A legal challenge was brought by the SWA, which argued the...
View ArticleEric Avebury writes…Society cannot afford to scrap the alcohol duty escalator
Last week’s Budget saw the Chancellor renege on the Government’s commitment to tackle the problem of cheap alcohol by scrapping the alcohol duty escalator. This move is a step that society simply...
View ArticleLib Dem members back plain cigarette packaging, but more evenly divided on...
Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. More than 600 party members...
View ArticleOpinion: Minimum alcohol pricing – an attack on the poor
News that David Cameron is planning on imposing minimum alcohol pricing has not produced anything near the level of disgust that it should have. This policy has the fatal flaw of expecting alcoholics...
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