Snp's Binge Tax Facing Backlash ; New Drinks Measures 'Will Hit Wrong Target'
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MIDDLE-CLASS drinkers face being punished by new laws making alcohol more expensive and difficult to buy.
They will be forced to go to separate supermarket checkouts to purchase drink under plans unveiled yesterday.See the full content of this document
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Snp's Binge Tax Facing Backlash ; New Drinks Measures 'Will Hit Wrong Target'
It will mean having to queue twice during the weekly shop, while the price of many popular drinks will also soar under the proposals to combat Scotland's hard-drinking culture.
But the SNP plans will leave the cost of many drinks blamed for youth drunkenness and bingedrinking - such as Buckfast and alcopops - unaffected.Those who buy alcohol from small off-licences or corner shops will not be forced to queue separately.The proposals sparked an angry reaction last night, with claims that responsible drinkers were being treated as 'pariahs of society'.The radical policies are part ...See the full content of this document
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