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

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.

Britain's big four supermarkets have outlined their opposition to controversial government plans to tackle alcohol abuse in Scotland.

Scottish government plans to tackle Scotland's alcohol problems pass their first parliamentary hurdle.

Via Jeff, I see that trouble is, um, brewing in Scotland over the SNP's plans for minimum alcohol pricing: Scottish Government plans to introduce minimum alcohol pricing have been damaged by a European Court ruling that similar policies on tobacco are "illegal". The decision was made against Austria, France and Ireland, where minimum pricing had been set on tobacco - partly on health reasons. The ...

Plans to set minimum prices for alcohol are to be unveiled - but have not attracted government support.

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.

Controversial plans to tackle alcohol abuse in Scotland will be brought forward in separate legislation.

Government ministers have spent the last 24 hours distancing themselves from the proposal of chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson to establish a minimum price for alcohol which would see the doubling of the price of many beers and spirits. Today’s Guardian reports: Plans to charge a minimum of 50p per unit of alcohol are to

SCOTLAND'S leading alcohol doctors are calling on the four UK governments to support a ban on the promotion of alcohol on social networking sites.