Barriers to Recovery: Overcoming obstacles to alcohol recovery in the UK

Alcohol-related harm continues to escalate in the United Kingdom (UK), with 2023 marking the highest number of alcohol-specific deaths recorded in England, and only 22%...

Technical report for ‘A Healthier Future: A long-term vision to tackle alcohol harm in the UK’

This technical report accompanies the policy briefing A Healthier Future: A long-term vision to tackle alcohol harm in the UK. It provides a detailed account...

A Healthier Future: A long-term vision to tackle alcohol harm in the UK

Alcohol harm is a serious and growing concern in the UK, impacting people’s health and wellbeing, the NHS, social services, criminal justice, and our economy....

IAS response to Licensing Reforms Programme

Autumn Budget Submission 2025

Raising alcohol duty is identified as one of the most effective and cost-effective policies to tackle the exorbitant health and economic harms associated with alcohol...

IAS response to LGBT+ health evidence review

Letter to the Transport Secretary in support of lowering the drink drive limit in England and Wales

IAS response to consultation on Welsh MUP 2025

Open letter to the Education Secretary calling for an end to industry influence on youth education

IAS response to consultation on Men’s Health Strategy 2025

Spin the bottle: How the UK alcohol industry twists the facts on harm and responsibility

Executive summary Alcohol deaths are at an all-time high in the UK, yet current policy is unable to tackle this crisis. The alcohol industry’s influence...

The Price is Right: Minimum unit pricing for alcohol and the case for a windfall tax

Minimum unit pricing is an effective policy to reduce alcohol harm by setting a legal minimum price per unit of alcohol — currently 65p in...

Alcohol-specific and Alcohol-related deaths: What does it all mean?

Introduction Drinking alcohol is a leading cause of premature and preventable deaths. Two main measures are used to estimate the number of deaths caused by...

IAS response to the Health and Social Care Committee’s Community Mental Health Services inquiry

IAS response to consultation on Modernisation Committee priorities

Spending Review submission 2025

The government should prioritise funding measures to address the growing harm caused by alcohol. Decades of evidence show that alcohol control policies are both cost-effective...

Autumn Budget Analysis 2024

In the Autumn Budget 2024 there were three key announcements: This is only the third time in a decade that most products’ duty rate has...

IAS Autumn Budget Submission 2024

The costs of alcohol to society

Summary Introduction A number of studies have attempted to calculate the cost of alcohol to society. This is tricky for two reasons. The lack of...

Outdoor Alcohol Advertising by Area of Deprivation

Summary Introduction Alcohol advertising consists of various mediums (outdoor, print, television, radio, online/social media, etc.) intended to promote and sell alcohol products.[1] This marketing directly...