The Labour Party's newest scheme is to stop the sale of beer, wine and spirits at discounted prices is the controversial “price-fixing” scheme.
This could mean a doubling in price of the cheapest alcoholic drinks sold by supermarkets, pubs and clubs this is the government’s latest attempt to cut down on excessive drinking.
A spokesman for supermarket Tesco said: “We accept that the country has a binge drinking problem, but the vast majority of alcohol bought at our stores is by responsible people who enjoy a bargain.”
The crackdown is being overseen by Andy Burnham, the Health Secretary, with the hope of stopping Britain’s binge-drinking culture.
The scheme hopes to prevent thousands of deaths and hospital admissions every year Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said the Labour government is in a “complete mess” over alcohol pricing and that “This is not the way to tackle binge drinking.”
Click on the video clip to hear how it has affected one Boston resident.
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