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Cameron’s minimum pricing plan is politically risky

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David Cameron’s plan for a minimum price for alcohol is one that several of his Cabinet colleagues, including the Health Secretary, have grave reservations about. But the Prime Minister’s personal enthusiasm for the policy has overridden these reservations.

To my mind, a minimum price for alcohol is not a good idea.

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