Plans for nanny-state ban on prime-time alcohol ads binned by Wes Streeting
AD BAN CANNED Plans for nanny-state ban on prime-time alcohol ads binned by Wes Streeting
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PLANS for a nanny-state ban on prime-time alcohol ads have been binned by the Health Secretary.
The Sun understands Wes Streeting has now rejected calls to outlaw advertising booze between 5.30pm and 9pm.
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The ban would have included ads such as David Beckham's for Stella Artois.
The crackdown was set to be part of Mr Streeting's landmark 10 Year Plan for the NHS, which will be unveiled on Thursday.
A source confirmed the ad-ban won't feature but there will be new proposals for tackling problem drinking.
Responding to news that ads will stay, an industry source said: 'Sports supporters, clubs and boozers will all raise a glass to this decision, whether they watch games on the terraces or on TV.
'It keeps a vital source of money flowing into sport from top to bottom.'
Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith had previously said of the plans: 'This is nothing but nanny statism from an incompetent Labour government waging war on pubs.
'This would be the final nail in the coffin for many.'
Junk food ads are to be banned between 5.30pm and 9pm from October.
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