Minimum Unit Pricing was sold as a life-saving policy.
The evidence tells a different story.
Since MUP was introduced, alcohol deaths haven’t fallen, they’ve increased. For the 12th year in a row, more than 1,000 lives are being lost every year.
All MUP has done is push up prices for families, while extra cash goes straight to retailers, not treatment, not recovery, not public services.
We should scrap MUP and focus on what actually saves lives: better addiction services, proper rehabilitation, and a legal Right to Recovery for everyone who needs help.
Because the priority should always be saving lives, not raising prices.