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General Election 2017

SNP pledges to ‘review alcohol tax’

By Georgina Townshend

The Scottish National Party (SNP) has promised to conduct a review of alcohol taxation, while supporting moves to introduce minimum unit pricing (MUP), in its pre-election manifesto.

Pub grub sales rise faster than booze

By Nikkie Sutton

Sales of pub meals grew by 14% between 2012 and 2016, reaching £7.4bn in value, whereas sales of alcohol grew by just 6% and soft drinks by 7% for the same period, according to Mintel research.