THE SNP's flagship plan for a minimum price on alcohol was defeated today.

Well done to Nicola Sturgeon and Shona Robison, the SNP health team, who are taking the bull by the horn and tackling the blight of alcohol problems in our communities. Just as it was an SNP MSP, Stewart Maxwell, who ploughed the furrow and sowing the seeds of the Smoking Ban, so it is SNP Ministers who are now prepared to walk the talk. Meanwhile, what are our opponents saying? Empty words as eve...

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

THE SNP's plan to ban under-21s from buying alcohol in off-licences has been dealt a blow after it emerged the party's student wing is opposed to the move.

AND so another one bites the dust. The SNP government will plough on to the bitter end with its plan to set a minimum price on alcohol. But the decision by the health committe

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

FORMER Labour First Minister Henry McLeish today backed the SNP's plan to introduce minimum pricing for drink.

THE SNP has hit out at a Labour bid to scupper plans for some areas to ban under-21s from buying alcohol.

It's good to read Brian Taylor's take on the debate regarding the SNP's proposed new alcohol rules. Brian is as astute and objective a reporter as you could hope for and on today's showing he's proving that again. It looks pretty clear that the SNP's proposals will be voted down. Proposals that would have included raising the age-limit for buying alcohol in shops to 2...

THE SNP last night claimed support for minimum alcohol pricing was growing "week by week" after one of the world's biggest brewers backed a plan similar to one pro