5
Feb
2014
By Calvin at 10:48 GMT, 12 years ago
The on-line Daily Star has reported that shops will be stopped from selling alcohol below cost price from April 6 this year.
The Home Office hopes this move will reduce violence and injuries caused by youngsters drinking cheap drink at home (pre-loading) before going out with their mates to drink even more.
They also think that the ban could save the National Health Service £5.3million a year, cut law and order costs by £3.6m and reduce work absenteeism, estimated to cost another half million pounds.
Read the rest at Daily Star: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/364073/Bargain-bin-booze-to-be-banned-in-time-for-the-World-Cup
