@bbcnews 40p per unit wont work, it may help a small minority of those who drink to excess. But the majority will just find away around it, switching to home brew, switching to more serious drugs to get the high they require, illegal trade of cheap alcohol, or people will go without something else to feed there habit, (e.g. an alcoholic mother of three stops feeding and clothing children properly to feed alcohol addiction) Addictions cant be targeted with this Hitler approach, it requires training and rehabilitation. But what else can we expect from this government, non of them live in the real world and see real people day to day. Bring back Labour