Scotch versus Sturgeon as alcohol pricing fight returns to court: "A long awaited legal challenge pitting Scotland’s powerful whisky producers against the Scottish National Party’s flagship health policy on binge drinking will be fought out at the UK’s highest court this week.
The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a case brought by alcohol producers against the Scottish government over its plans to tackle excessive drinking by imposing a minimum price on alcohol.
The policy was championed by first minister Nicola Sturgeon when she was health minister, and was passed by the Scottish parliament in 2012 with a majority of 86 votes to one. Its objective was to reduce alcohol consumption by imposing a minimum unit prices — initially set at 50p per unit of alcohol."
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