Court to rule on alcohol prices

The UK’S highest court is to rule on a challenge over plans to use minimum pricing for alcohol to improve public health in Scotland.

Seven Supreme Court justices will announce their findings today after hearing claims from the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) that minimum unit pricing is “disproportionate” and illegal under European law.

A lawyer representing the SWA argued at a hearing in July that there were better ways to achieve the Scottish Government’s aim.