Scottish alcohol sales at lowest level in 25 years after price controls

Figures also show 3% fall in consumption of alcohol in Scotland last year

Alcohol sales in Scotland have fallen to their lowest level in 25 years after the introduction of price controls, figures show.

Scotland's health secretary, Jeane Freeman, welcomed the figures, which also reveal a 3% fall in the consumption of alcohol last year, and said they showed the introduction of a 50p a unit minimum price in May 2018 was having an effect. It was a promising start in tackling Scotland's difficult relationship with alcohol, she said.