alcohol Articles

We need more help for alcoholics – and their children —There is no way I would be in politics if it were not for the inspiration of my dad, Dermot, who I lost just before last year’s election. He even paid my subscription to join the Labour party when I was 15. He was...

So the ‘cafe culture’ didn’t come to pass; Labour’s much-heralded relaxation of the licensing laws didn’t turn Rotherham into Las Ramblas. But on the other hand, neither did the feared literal 24-hour drinking culture arrive either. There are only 7,600 24-hour...

Britain remains one of just 20 countries in the world which still recruits children from the age of 16 into the armed services. Most accept it as simply the ‘way things are’, but I would think many have never really considered what it means to enlist 16 and 17 year...

Today’s U-turn on minimum pricing for alcohol is a clear sign that we are in the second half of this parliament with the general election hoving into view and that the Tories are very worried about their chances. By the time I finished as home secretary, I was pretty...