Cheap booze ban law costs Scots £270m

MINIMUM booze prices have left Scots nursing a £270million hangover in the past four years.

Legislation brought in by the Scottish Government on May 1, 2018 set a minimum price per unit of 50p in a bid to stop cheap drinks fuelling alcoholrelated harm.

It has cost drinkers an extra £71.12 on average, analysis by the Institute of Economic Affairs found.

But there was little evidence it had delivered the expected social and wellbeing benefits.

Alcohol-related health, crime and employment problems have remained similar or worsened since MUP was implemented.