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Anger after pleas for tax rise on alcohol are rejected
The Health Minister was last night accused of ignoring the medical profession for refusing to ask the Treasury to raise excise duty on cheap alcohol. Andy Kerr came under fire the day after a report showed Scots were drinking themselves to death at twice the rate of the rest of the UK, with a fatality every six hours.On Thursday, Mr Kerr said strong white ciders were a particular issue, and as big a problem as the tonic wine Buckfast, which he called "a seriously bad drink".
However, it emerged that ministers recently admitted to the SNP they had never asked the UK government to raise the tax on strong cider.
Full story at The Herald.
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