People often express concern at the impact of binge drinking on our towns and cities. Recent reports have shown the widespread availability of alcohol and most new convenience stores that pop up seem to sell wines and spirits.
Labour’s irresponsible decision to roll out 24-hour drinking on our towns and communities while at the same time failing to deal with the problems caused by over drinking has caused great harm, particularly among younger people.
Clearly we cannot go on like this. We need a Government who will make tackling alcohol abuse a priority, otherwise the cost to society and the NHS is only going to increase further.
A Conservative Government would take action through targeted increases in duty on problem drinks like super-strength beers and stopping below-cost selling. We also want to introduce simpler and clearer information on labels so that people are more aware what they are drinking and a tough three strikes and you’re out policy for licensed premises found to be selling alcohol under-age.
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