Alcohol duty in the UK is set to increase in line with inflation from 1 February onwards, lifting the prices of spirits and wine in the process. A new duties system, which will rely on the strength ...

Young people aged 16-25 in Great Britain are three times more likely to start drinking alcohol than non- and low-alcohol ...

UK alcohol producers have hit out at the Government's decision to raise duty rates, announced today (26 November). As part of its Autumn Budget, the Government has confirmed that all duty on alcohol ...

The UK government says it could be assessing “partial restrictions” of alcohol advertising that could be closer to regulations in place for junk food in the country. Yesterday (25 June), a report from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The World Health Organisation is calling for cancer warnings on alcohol. (Getty Images) (Henrik Sorensen via Getty Images) The ...

A slew of rate increases, red tape and cost hikes are not only damaging Britain’s brewers, distillers and wine makers, but sending an increasing number under. Reports of corporate financial distress ...

(Alliance News) - Wine and spirits bosses have warned that firms "have no choice but to increase prices" to stay afloat as an increase to UK alcohol duty comes into force. In November's autumn budget, ...

A large imaging-based study finds that people who drink more alcohol each week carry a disproportionately higher share of dangerous visceral fat, offering new insight into the biology behind the ...

Rachel Reeves, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, outside 11 Downing Street ahead of presenting her Budget to the UK House of Commons on 26 November 2025. Credit: Jaimi Joy/Bloomberg via Getty Images UK ...