NUS calls for an end to cheap drink

Cheap drink for students could soon be a thing of the past if the National Union of Students (NUS) gets its way, as they have called for the introduction of a minimum price on alcohol. The NUS has announced plans to campaign for alcohol prices to be raised in a bid to cut binge drinking. It will begin consultations to set a minimum price on alcohol in students’ unions.

“Students’ unions work hard to inform their members of the dangers of excessive drinking," said NUS President Wes Streeting, "but more can be done. ‘All you can drink’ and ‘three for the price of one’ offers encourage students to drink to dangerous levels, and should have no place in our students’ union bars.”

“NUS will now work with our commercial arm, NUS Services, and student officers so that we can recommend a minimum price on alcohol in students’ unions.”