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 for minimum alcohol prices could lead to more job losses in the whisky industry, Scottish Conservatives claim.

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

Opposition leaders in Scotland launch an attempt to find alternatives to the SNP's minimum unit price plan for alcohol.

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...

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

The number of admissions for alcohol related illness continues to sky rocket.The average age of cirrhosis patients continues in free fall.The cost to the alcoholics, their families, society as a whole, and the NHS continues to grow.The profits of the alcohol makers continues to grow.The Devils' plan is to leave the individual to their own devices. Well, if you count being under-educated by a syste...

HEALTH secretary Nicola Sturgeon has been asked to explain details of the SNP's plan to tackle alcohol abuse, after concerns over a lack of information.

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.

OPPOSITION leaders have launched a joint attempt to find alternatives to the SNP's flagship minimum unit price plan for alcohol.