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Anger after pleas for tax rise on alcohol are rejected

The Health Minister was last night accused of ignoring the medical profession for refusing to ask the Treasury to raise excise duty on cheap alcohol.

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TOM GORDON, Scottish Political Correspondent

The Health Minister was last night accused of ignoring the medical profession for refusing to ask the Treasury to raise excise duty on cheap alcohol.