Ministers accused over unit pricing

Press Association
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File photo dated 02/09/2010 of cans of lager and cider on the shelves in an off-licence. Ministers met the drinks industry dozens of times before ditching plans for minimum alcohol pricing, an investigation has found. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday January 8, 2014. It has prompted health experts to accuse the Government of
File photo dated 02/09/2010 of cans of lager and cider on the shelves in an off-licence. Ministers met the drinks industry dozens of times before ditching plans for minimum alcohol pricing, an investigation has found. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday January 8, 2014. It has prompted health experts to accuse the Government of

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Ministers met the drinks industry dozens of times before ditching plans for minimum alcohol pricing, an investigation has found.

It has prompted health experts to accuse the Government of "dancing to the tune of the drinks industry" and putting big business ahead of the nation's well-being.

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