UK: Scottish opposition comes down against minimum pricing plans
By just-drinks.com editorial team | 26 November 2009
Plans to set a minimum price for alcohol may be blocked by the Scottish Labour Party, which claims the policy is "untried, untested, unworkable and possibly illegal".
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Plans to set a minimum price for alcohol may be blocked by the Scottish Labour Party, which claims the policy is "untried, untested, unworkable and possibly illegal".
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