Headline reports

In addition to funding research into alcohol harm, we publish research and summaries on the key issues in alcohol harm today.

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The Alcohol Change Report

This report looks at alcohol in the UK today, and makes the case for key changes we must all work towards if we are to end serious alcohol harm.
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The Alcohol Charter

This year the Government is due to publish a new national Alcohol Strategy; endorsed by over 30 organisations across the drugs and alcohol sector, the Alcohol Charter sets out effective and workable policies to include in this new strategy.
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Fit for Purpose? An analysis of the role of the Portman Group in alcohol industry self-regulation

Following a detailed analysis of the industry-funded regulator, the Portman Group, this report highlights inconsistent decision-making, lack of scrutiny, and an apparent failure to address how modern alcohol marketing works.
The hardest hit: Addressing the crisis in alcohol treatment services

This research warns that the alcohol treatment sector is in crisis; these services are entering into a cycle of disinvestment, staff depletion, and reduced capacity, and this is due to get worse.
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Pay 3p more for a beer, save lives: the Alcohol Treatment Levy

Maddy Lawson | September 2018 | 7 minutes

Increasing alcohol duties by 1% would raise around £100 million each year which, invested in alcohol treatment, could save the NHS and other public services around £300 million annually.

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