Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Minimum Alcohol Pricing Definitely Hits Ordinary People.

A minimum price for alcohol could add more than £200 a year to the average family's grocery bill, a report found.
Ministers are proposing to impose a 40p minimum price on booze as a way of combatting binge drinking.
But an analysis paper by researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies found it will also hit drinkers.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2120889/Minimum-alcohol-price-hit-middle-earners-hardest-plans-adding-200-family-s-grocery-bill.html

An Unending Stream.

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