Doctors have hit out at the Government for abandoning a pledge to introduce a minimum price per unit of alcohol. The British Medical Journal accused the Government of being swayed by the drink industry.
Doctors have accused the Government of "dancing to the tune of the drinks industry" by ditching plans to put a minimum price on alcohol units.
Ministers met the drinks industry dozens of times before ditching plans for minimum alcohol pricing, a BMJ investigation has found.
The investigation found an "extraordinary" 130 meetings between industry members and the Department of Health had taken place since May 2010.
In an open letter, the BMJ accused the drinks industry of successfully waging an "intensive" campaign to kill off minimum pricing, in order to protect profits.
The BMJ claims the Government caved in to protect jobs in the drinks industry and billions of pounds in income for the Treasury, ignoring health concerns.
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