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December 2022 | 7 minutes
Dr Richard Piper, Chief Executive of Alcohol Change UK, is calling on the government to reconsider its decision urgently to freeze alcohol duty and instead to increase it in line with inflation to save lives.
October 2022 | 7 minutes
Responding to today's announcement on alcohol duty from the Chancellor, Dr Richard Piper, Chief Executive at Alcohol Change UK, said:
Angela Calcan | October 2022 | 9 minutes
You asked and we listened.
Ailar Hashemzadeh | September 2022 | 10 minutes
In last week’s ’fiscal statement’, the government scrapped the planned increase in alcohol duty.
September 2022 | 8 minutes
Responding to today's fiscal statement from the Chancellor, Dr Richard Piper, Chief Executive at Alcohol Change UK, said:
Natasha Buckham | June 2022 | 10 minutes
In 2020, we funded four research projects under our flagship New Horizons grant programme.
Fiyaz Mughal | May 2022 | 12 minutes
Fiyaz has been Chair of Trustees at Alcohol Change UK for over two years – appointed just as the pandemic hit.
Mark Leyshon | March 2022 | 9 minutes
Online alcohol sales are booming.
February 2022 | 9 minutes
Health experts deem alcohol labelling ‘woefully inadequate’ as consumers are kept in the dark about what’s in their drinks.
Julie Symes | December 2021 | 22 minutes
One in six (18%) adults who drink alcohol are planning to have a month off drinking for January 2022, or one in seven (15%) of all UK adults.
Mark Leyson | November 2021 | 8 minutes
We’re pleased to announce the start of a new research project examining the barriers to particular groups taking part in the Dry January® experience, and how these barriers can be overcome.
November 2021 | 15 minutes
A new survey, commissioned by charity Alcohol Change UK, shows around one in five drinkers (22%) have drunk to try to cope with relationship problems in the past six months, or because of an argument with a family member (20%).
