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Labour MP Calls For Capped Ticket Prices And Alcohol On Terraces As Part Of Football Reform
Culture
Labour MP Calls For Capped Ticket Prices And Alcohol On Terraces As Part Of Football Reform
A Labour MP has called for the government to allow fans to drink on terraces and cap away ticket prices at £30 as part of its plans to reform football.
Minimum unit pricing on alcohol could save lives
Health
By Cat Smith MP
Minimum unit pricing on alcohol could save lives
Not someone I often find myself agreeing with, but Milton Friedman wasn’t wrong when he said: “Only a crisis – actual or perceived – produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around.”
Met Police Urge MPs To Give Evidence Over Drink Spiking Case
Home affairs
Met Police Urge MPs To Give Evidence Over Drink Spiking Case
The Metropolitan Police have called on MPs to come forward with any information about the alleged spiking incident at Strangers' Bar, urging witnesses to assist their investigation.
Labour MPs Push For 'Healthier' Parliament By Tightening Alcohol Sales And Creating More Natural Light
Parliament
Labour MPs Push For "Healthier" Parliament By Tightening Alcohol Sales And Creating More Natural Light
A group of MPs wants to make Parliament a healthier workplace by looking at curbing alcohol provision during working hours, diversifying paintings on display, and improving lighting within the building.
The Budget Is A 'Critical Moment' For Drug And Alcohol Rehab Services
Health
The Budget Is A "Critical Moment" For Drug And Alcohol Rehab Services
The UK's largest provider of drug and alcohol treatment services has described the Budget as a "critical moment" for the sector with any reduction in funding risking an "unravelling" of rehabilitation provision.
The government is failing to tackle record-high alcohol-related deaths
Health
By Dan Carden MP
The government is failing to tackle record-high alcohol-related deaths
The impact of alcohol on the health of the nation is routinely ignored – and yet we know it is driving a public health crisis.
Working together to support sustainable Scotch Partner content
Environment
By Chivas Brothers
Working together to support sustainable Scotch
Net zero is encouraging a traditional industry to collaborate.
The Chancellor must step up support for whisky distillers suffering from rising energy costs
Economy
By Alistair Carmichael MP
The Chancellor must step up support for whisky distillers suffering from rising energy costs
When you imagine energy-intensive businesses, there are obvious examples that spring to mind. Images abound of grand factories and industrial towns, steel producers and mass manufacturers.
We need a new strategy to tackle alcohol harm after over a decade of inaction
Health
By Dan Carden MP
We need a new strategy to tackle alcohol harm after over a decade of inaction
As a society, we have a complex relationship with alcohol. While we celebrate and normalise its consumption, we stay silent about its harm.
The Government should treat betting like booze - not like tobacco Partner content
Health
By Betting and Gaming Council
The Government should treat betting like booze - not like tobacco
After more than a year of waiting for the outcome of the Gambling Review, and with the Government changing its ministers more times than Watford change football managers, it strikes me that the debate has boiled down to this: should betting be treated like tobacco, which is inherently and universally damaging to all, or should it be treated more like alcohol, something millions of people do and where the vast majority are able to enjoy it responsibly, but where sadly a small minority can have a problem and, in the most extreme and terrible cases, it can be an addiction?
We need significant and sustained investment in treatment services to tackle alcohol addiction
Health
By Dan Carden MP
We need significant and sustained investment in treatment services to tackle alcohol addiction
Alcohol touches every part of our society. Its use is normalised in almost every aspect of our lives, whether you’re socialising or relaxing, celebrating or mourning, at home or on holiday. And alcohol dominates our public spaces, whether you’re out in your town or city centre, at the theatre or a music concert.
Craft Breweries “Furious” At Rishi Sunak’s Draught Relief Which “Directly Discriminates” Against Them
Economy
Craft Breweries “Furious” At Rishi Sunak’s Draught Relief Which “Directly Discriminates” Against Them
The craft brewing industry has reacted with fury at Rishi Sunak’s plan to offer “draught relief” to pubs saying it will only benefit big corporations and “directly discriminates” against the UK’s world-renowned independent breweries.
Ministers must face up to the addiction crisis and its devastating consequences
Health
By Jon Ashworth MP
Ministers must face up to the addiction crisis and its devastating consequences
The huge increase in alcohol related deaths is one of the worst consequences of the Covid-related mental health emergency. Without action, many more could pay a tragic price.