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Closed Introduce 50p MUP for alcohol in England with a 20p levy towards treatment

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Adopt Minimum Unit Pricing - in line with Scotland & Wales and the recommendation of the Independent Commission on Alcohol Harm - with an additional 20p per unit levy to fund specialist addiction treatment (detox and rehabilitation).

Excess alcohol use affects around 20% of the population, is responsible for 1 million hospital admissions a year, thousands of deaths a year and increases vulnerability to many other life-threatening physical and mental health problems. It's estimated that dependent drinkers occupy 1 in 10 of NHS beds but budgets for alcohol treatment have been cut over recent years. Some health-related information on labels is voluntary and the industry contributes nothing to treatment - we think they should.

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