Friday, February 10, 2012
Alcohol strategy gets Westminster debate A Westminster debate on alcohol policy and the forthcoming strategy has been highlighted by Alcohol Concern – see part 1 and part 2 of the debate which includes statements from MPs across the parties. Public health Minister Anne Milton said the forthcoming national strategy included ambition to “remove a significant number of units of alcohol from the UK market through changes in how alcohol is produced and sold”. See a Morning Advertiser (MA) report or the the Daily Mail's take
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
The Home Office have opened a consultation on new powers due to be brought in under Licensing Act reforms . The consultation is seeking specific responses on the late night levy and Early Morning Restriction Orders (EMROs) as measures to help curb late night drinking problems. See the press release here .
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The Department of Health (DH) have released a suite of fact-sheets about the new public health system promised as part of the NHS Reforms . This includes further details of the responsibilities of local government and the operating model for the new Public Health England (PHE), following the Public Health white paper . Public Health England (PHE) will be an executive agency of DH taking national leadership for public health issues
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Monday, December 12, 2011
Scotland's ban on multi-buy deals has reduced sales, according to figures from retail analysts Nielsen. Sales of wine fell 5%, spirits by 3% and beer by 8% during the first eight weeks of the ban compared to 2010. See reports from the BBC and the Herald .
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Also tagged alcohol industry, bbc, british, british-liver, cards, government, government-led, health, leicestershire, multi-buy-deals, office, premises-or-ban, promotes-itself
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Monday, November 14, 2011
Alcohol Awareness Week (AAW) runs from 14th-20th November, led by Alcohol Concern the national charity on alcohol misuse.
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The Morning Advertiser (MA) is campaigning for the Government to reduce VAT on the hospitality sector to 5% . The MA claims it could help create 220,000 jobs and rejuvenate the sector
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Also tagged alcohol campaigns, alcohol industry, brigid-simmonds, chief-executive, from-the-irish, government, hospitality, issued-guidance, licensing, press-release, sector, vital-the-beer
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The Department of Health has published the new White Paper Healthy lives, healthy people: our strategy for public health in England . It sets out a new framework in which a new public health service, named Public Health England, will manage its own ring-fenced budget. The paper proposes Public Health England will take on full responsibilities from 2012 with ring-fenced funding allocated to local government from April 2013 as Primary Care Trusts are removed.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
The Home Office led 2010 drug strategy consultation closes this week on Thursday 30th September 2010.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
The Scottish National Party (SNP) today announced they wish to see a 45 pence per unit minimum price made law as part of the forthcoming Alcohol Bill . Although opposition parties have supported the wider principles of the Bill, they have opposed minimum pricing and suggested other approaches
Following recent confirmation of plans to overhaul the Licensing Act in the Structural Reform Plan , a series of workshops will take place to seek views on forthcoming policy proposals. The Home Office, now responsible for Licensing, are hosting the workshops which will seek 'views on policy proposals to be outlined in a forthcoming consultation on the rebalancing of the Licensing Act to empower local communities to tackle alcohol-related crime and disorder.' Invitations to attend are being disseminated via local authorities though the Morning Advertiser have published further details .