Plans to combat alcohol-fuelled violence in city centres suffer a setback after no councils sign up to a flagship initiative.

Plans for minimum-pricing of alcohol in Scotland will be blocked because the government does not have the support.

I've just noticed that our old friend Sir Liam Donaldson is up to his tricks again. As predicted, the plan for minimum pricing of alcohol units is now being eyed up for the rest of the UK as well. The government's top medical adviser has drawn up plans for a minimum price for alcohol which would double the cost of some drinks in England. For trenchant and more than usually sweary analysis, see the...

Opponents of plans to raise the age for buying alcohol in shops and off-sales today renewed their claim that the change would not solve Scotland's drink problem.

POLITICIANS have been urged to put party differences aside and back Scottish Government plans for a minimum price on alcohol.

A ban on cut-price alcohol could be introduced next year under plans to curb alcohol abuse among young people.

CONTROVERSIAL plans for a minimum alcohol price face defeat in a key Holyrood vote today.

Government plans to tackle Scotland's alcohol problems are expected to pass their first parliamentary hurdle later.

So the SNP are determined to go ahead with their plan to stop the sale of “cut-price” alcohol. Why? To cut the “misuse” of alcohol. They propose to make the minimum price of alcohol about 40p per unit and ban promotions on alcohol. How stupid can they be? Raising the price of alcohol won’t prevent any misuse

PLANS to set a minimum price for all alcohol sold in Scotland were thrown into fresh doubt last night after the European Court of Justice opposed a similar policy on tobacco.