Local councils are set to get the abililty to crack down on cheap alcohol.
The Government is reported to be considering moves to let councils block alcohol offers at supermarkets and off licences if they are dramatically undercutting prices charged at pubs.
It follows a report which exposes the easy availability of cut-price booze in the UK and the damage it is doing to the nation's collective health.
Prime Minister David Cameron is already backing plans by ten councils in the North West to create a by-law making it illegal to sell alcohol for less than 50p a unit.
He said: "I think the idea of the councils coming together on this is a good one and we will certainly look at it very sympathetically."
Showing posts with label Minimum alcohol pricing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Minimum alcohol pricing. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Justice Bill Crackdown on Irresponsible Drinking
The Social Development Minister Alex Attwood has outlined proposals to crack down on harmful drinking.
“I want to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol in clubs, pubs and supermarkets but also, on a larger scale, I want to target those retailers who sell alcohol below cost price in order to encourage higher footfall and therefore generate sales,” he said.
“Selling alcohol at minimal prices encourages people to drink irresponsibly, with damaging knock-on effects on themselves and in society.” Legislative proposals will “piggy-back” on the Justice Bill which comes before the Assembly in the autumn.
“I want to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol in clubs, pubs and supermarkets but also, on a larger scale, I want to target those retailers who sell alcohol below cost price in order to encourage higher footfall and therefore generate sales,” he said.
“Selling alcohol at minimal prices encourages people to drink irresponsibly, with damaging knock-on effects on themselves and in society.” Legislative proposals will “piggy-back” on the Justice Bill which comes before the Assembly in the autumn.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Action on Supermarket Alcohol Pricing
The Government plans to overhaul licensing and ban below-cost alcohol sales by November 2011.A so-called Draft Structural Reform Plan from the Home Office, released today, sets a timetable of reform for the new coalition. Reports the Morning Advertiser
It says consultations to "overhaul" the Licensing Act to grant greater powers to remove and refuse licences to problem premises started in June and will continue until September. Legislation would be carried through via the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill from October 2010 until November 2011.
Options for "alcohol taxation and pricing" with be developed with the business department and Treasury from last month until April 2011, with changes introduced at this point.
Options for banning below-cost sales, will be discussed with other Government departments until November 2010.
Legislation "if necessary" will be introduced in November 2011.
It says consultations to "overhaul" the Licensing Act to grant greater powers to remove and refuse licences to problem premises started in June and will continue until September. Legislation would be carried through via the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill from October 2010 until November 2011.
Options for "alcohol taxation and pricing" with be developed with the business department and Treasury from last month until April 2011, with changes introduced at this point.
Options for banning below-cost sales, will be discussed with other Government departments until November 2010.
Legislation "if necessary" will be introduced in November 2011.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Tesco Calls For Minimum Price For Alcohol
Tesco calls time on cut-price booze
In a surprising step, just before the World Cup, the UK's top retailer Tesco has welcomed a promise by the coalition government to ban below-cost sales of alcohol in England and Wales.The UK's biggest retailer goes further, saying it would back the more radical step of introducing a minimum price.
In an exclusive BBC interview, Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Tesco's director for corporate affairs, says in the absence of government action they have to compete on price."As a result there is lots of cheap alcohol, so we thought let's ask the government to look at should there be a minimum price for alcohol, or should there be a ban on low-cost selling.
In a surprising step, just before the World Cup, the UK's top retailer Tesco has welcomed a promise by the coalition government to ban below-cost sales of alcohol in England and Wales.The UK's biggest retailer goes further, saying it would back the more radical step of introducing a minimum price.
In an exclusive BBC interview, Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Tesco's director for corporate affairs, says in the absence of government action they have to compete on price."As a result there is lots of cheap alcohol, so we thought let's ask the government to look at should there be a minimum price for alcohol, or should there be a ban on low-cost selling.
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