Minimum unit pricing (MUP) sets a floor price on a unit of alcohol to prevent the sale of ‘cheap’ drinks, with the aim of reducing alcohol related harm. MUP was introduced in Scotland on 1 May 2018 at 50p per unit. This study estimates the financial cost to consumers in the four years since...

This is the first study to estimate the annual savings that overweight and obese people bring UK taxpayers by dying prematurely (in 2016 prices). Ignoring these savings leads to substantial overestimation of the true burden of elevated body mass index (BMI) to the taxpayer. Our estimate of the...

This study calculates how much UK foreign aid was spent on lifestyle interventions targeting smoking, drinking, eating, and sedentary behaviour. UK taxpayers spent £44.6million on 35 "nanny state" foreign aid projects in 47 countries between 2005 and 2018. Such foreign aid has ballooned in...