GettySIXTEEN-year-olds could possibly be banned from shopping for alcohol-free beer and wine underneath Labour plans – however nonetheless have the ability to vote.
Well being minister Ashley Dalton revealed no- and low-alcohol drinks may quickly face the identical age guidelines as regular booze.
She mentioned the transfer, a part of the NHS 10-Yr Plan, would imply 16- and 17-year-olds turned away on the until – though many NoLo drinks include much less alcohol than a banana.
Answering a parliamentary query, she mentioned: “One of many first steps will likely be to discover elevating the higher alcohol restrict for drinks labelled as alcohol-free to 0.5 PER CENT alcohol by quantity (ABV) from 0.05 per cent ABV, aligning with worldwide requirements.
“On the identical time, we’ll discover measures to manage entry to no- and low-alcohol (NoLo) merchandise in keeping with different alcoholic drinks, together with prohibiting gross sales to people underneath the age of 18 years outdated.”
The Tories final night time blasted the transfer as a nanny-state campaign.
Shadow Enterprise Secretary Andrew Griffith raged: “It beggars perception that Labour would decrease the voting age to 16 while banning them from shopping for non-alcoholic drinks on the identical time. It’s completely absurd.
“They’ll apparently be trusted to decide on who governs our nation for 5 years however to not buy a chilly drink from a nook store.
“Labour must give attention to the job in hand and minimize their very own uncontrolled spending, not begin a pointless conflict on cola.”
Labour has additionally moved to forestall under-age folks from vaping.
Final 12 months, Labour Ministers had been contemplating whether or not to maintain plans drawn up by Rishi Sunak to outlaw single-use vapes.
Sir Keir vowed in his election manifesto to forestall vape firms utilizing such branding that appeals to kids.
Lucy Powell mentioned Labour needed to sort out the “scourge of vaping”.
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