http://www.gponline.com/News/article...price-alcohol/

Apparently, England and Wales are toying with a min of 40 p per unit.

How much of what is a unit?

a unit

unit

half a tea spoon of meths

Finally a useful reply.

Thanks. Would the minimum price per unit apply to bottles of wine and spirits?

Yes

So a half pint is one unit, or there abouts, so a pint be 80p. Cool.

Not necessarily.

A half pint (284 ml) of beer with 3.5% ABV contains almost exactly one unit; however, most beers are stronger. In pubs in the United Kingdom, beers generally range from 3.5%–5.5% ABV, and continental lagers start at around 5% ABV. A pint of such lager (e.g., 568 ml at 5.2%) contains almost 3 units of alcohol, rather than the oft-quoted 2 units.
Stronger beer (6%-12%) may contain as much as 2 units per half pint.
A half litre (500 ml) of standard lager or ale (5%) contains 2.5 units.
One litre (1000 ml) of typical Oktoberfest beer (5.5%–6%) contains 5.5–6 units of alcohol.
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Is this so radical? Most Canadian provinces have had a minimum price on beer for years. I think in QC it's currently $2.85/litre. Everywhere sells 24s for the lowest price they can, so there is little competition between supermarkets and corner stores. I suspect this is why Costco makes only a half-hearted attempt to sell booze and Wal Mart doesn't sell it.

No not radical at all. My brother is a manager at Asda and he told me they used to sell booze at cost to attract customers to the store. I suspect the min pricing is a reaction to such marketing approaches by stores.

if the min pricing goes ahead, the cheapest can of a lower unit of beer would be a bit less than a quid. Not that far off from here.

Here in BC, not sure if there is a min price, but everyone buys form the Government so they in effect get to decide what the min price is. Although are supposed to be changes coming to this set up.

Don't have a problem with paying a bit more for booze, but then i don't drink very often.