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In our latest blog, Jon Hobday sets out an exemplary approach from Greater Manchester: a whole-system alcohol strategy built on WHO’s SAFER framework, but shaped by 16 months of listening to people in recovery, families and frontline staff. @jon_hobday

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42% of MPs are offered an alcoholic drink at a work meeting or event weekly.

For constituency-based staff? Just 1%.

Westminster really is a different world, but should it be?

Full findings: https://www.ias.org.uk/report/under-the-influence-perspectives-of-alcohol-in-the-parliamentary-workplace-among-uk-mps-and-staff

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The digital world is bringing new, more powerful marketing methods. Jem Roberts from the IAS discusses how they can lead to alcohol harms and the potential for tackling these harms, as explored in the UK NGO’s new video explainer @instalcstud

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Parliament’s response to our report misses the point entirely. Our report never claimed Parliament hands out free alcohol – but organisations hosting events do, throughout the day.

And their response puts the onus on individuals to “drink responsibly.”🧵

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