Minimum pricing has failed to badly in Wales that even the BBC didn't buy the government's spin when the evaluation claimed it had been a success last week.
A change in alcohol pricing in Wales has pushed problem drinkers away from cheap cider and towards strong spirits, a study suggests.
A minimum price of 50p per unit was introduced in Wales in March 2020.
A survey of 138 people in Wales who had sought help for problem drinking found some had swapped to "buying litres of vodka".
The report, published on Wednesday by the Welsh government, also says that some problem drinkers are going without food or heating, begging, turning to sex work, or stealing to pay for drink.
That is largely what you take away from the various reports that made up the evaluation. The claim that "the implementation of the policy has been successful" in the final report bares no relation to the evidence presented and is a cope designed to get around the sunset clause that kicks in next year.
I've written all about it for The Critic.
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