We drink less often (but still get drunk)

BRITONS are drinking alcohol far less often than they were a decade ago, a new survey suggests.

Fewer than one in 20 say they drink wine, beer or spirits daily, according to a poll of 1,032 Britons by medical tech company Allurion. Polls conducted a decade ago estimated this figure to be roughly one in ten.

The new survey, which polled 1,000 residents of seven nations, also found Britons are boozing less often than our European neighbours. Nine per cent of French people drink wine at least once a day, 16 per cent do so in Italy, and 15 per cent of Spaniards drink beer daily.

However, other research suggests Britain still tops the chart for the most amount of alcohol drunk in one sitting.

A global report from 2019 found that people in the UK get drunk once a week on average – more than any other nation.