A flagship SNP health policy on minimum unit pricing on alcohol failed to deliver and also increased financial strain on those most affected by alcoholism, a study has found.
In 2018, Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party (SNP) introduced minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol, the first country to do so, which is currently fixed at 50p per unit.
In Scotland, sales of alcohol per adult per week are 17 percent greater than in England and Wales, according to Alcohol Focus Scotland.
This means alcohol can’t legally be sold for lower than that and the more alcohol a drink contains, the stronger it is and therefore the higher the minimum unit price….