UK: Health Secretary calls for alcohol tax hike
By just-drinks.com editorial team | 27 October 2006
The UK Health Secretary has called for a tax increase on alcohol to curb binge drinking in the country. Patricia Hewitt revealed to local schoolchildren that she will ask Chancellor Gordon Brown to introduce the tax hike next year.
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The UK Health Secretary has called for a tax increase on alcohol to curb binge drinking in the country. Patricia Hewitt revealed to local schoolchildren that she will ask Chancellor Gordon Brown to introduce the tax hike next year.
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