Exclude drinks industry from alcohol policy planning, UK campaigners urge

Drinks business accused of ‘interfering’ with past efforts to reduce harms as alcohol deaths hit record high

Ministers are being urged to exclude the alcohol industry from helping to draw up plans to reduce drink-related harm because of its past “interference” with such initiatives.

The plea, from public health campaigners, comes soon after deaths directly due to alcohol hit a new record high of more than 10,000 fatalities a year in the UK.