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Explaining the strong support for the Swedish alcohol retail monopoly

For the twenty-third year in a row, the Swedish state-run alcohol retail monopoly, Systembolaget, was ranked most trusted institution in Sweden. Above the police, universities...

Alcohol at sporting events? What’s the harm?

In the wake of reports of violent brawls at horse-racing and rugby venues, Habib Kadiri asks if we should level the playing field between football...

Minimum Unit Pricing: a welcome and useful form of alcohol regulation

MUP is a welcome step in the right direction, says Steve Rolles

Government response to 2017 House of Lords licensing committee report

Review of Lords licensing report offers few commitments, says James Morris

Carthage must be destroyed

'The struggle to stop the UK drowning in cheap alcohol can be won, but it requires exceptional powers of endurance,' writes professor Rob Poole

Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere? Comparing policies that regulate physical availability of alcohol in Australia and the UK

Where is the political will to implement evidence-based harm reduction policies in the face of alcohol industry pressure, asks Claire Wilkinson

Online alcohol sales are booming, but what are the implications?

Research is needed as to whether licensing laws are robust enough to deal with the changing way in which we are choosing to buy alcohol,...

Lords: Licensing Act “needs major overhaul” but problems only half diagnosed

Committee report "gives an overly administrative account of the Act while overlooking problems with how it is applied and decisions made in practice", says Jon...

What works on your high street? Voluntary schemes and their aims

Jon Foster explores the discrepancy between what corporate-friendly alcohol initiatives claim to do and what they actually achieve

London’s Night Tube: A leap into the unknown

Tonight marks the start of a new night transport service for the capital. But the benefits for the night-time economy have been overstated, argue Aveek...