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leisure opportunities Prioritise physical activity, say MPs


Continued from front cover The landmark report from the Health Select Committee said overcoming physi- cal inactivity should be a frontline health concern. “Te extraordinary benefits


of exercise in improving phys- ical and mental health should be made clear and accessible to everyone, whatever their current level of fitness,” said chair of the Committee, Dr Sarah Wollaston MP. “The committee calls on


the NHS, local authorities and the next government to work together to prioritise prevention and public health and we have set out achievable recommendations for action which could help to transform people’s lives and wellbeing.” Tere was scathing criticism for the current


status quo, whereby the NHS spends more money on bariatric surgery for obesity than on a national roll-out of intensive lifestyle inter- vention programmes. Te Committee said the situation is “inexplicable and unacceptable.” Te report marks a major milestone for


the physical activity sector led by ukactive – which has long been campaigning for physical


Chair of the Health Select Committee, Dr Sarah Wollaston MP


inactivity to emerge from the shadow of obesity and be treated as a frontline health concern. “For too long we have allowed obesity to eat the public health debate whole, starving inac- tivity of the attention it deserves,” said ukactive CEO David Stalker. “Tis report gives a clear mandate to the newly-formed government aſter the election – whatever its colour or compo- sition – to make tackling physical inactivity a top tier public health priority. It’s time for the NHS and CCGs to put the appropriate amount of emphasis behind tackling inactivity.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=k3K2c


Pubs toast chancellor’s beer duty cut


Britain’s brewers and pubs were given a timely boost in the last UK Budget before the May General Election, with beer duty cut for the third year in a row. Chancellor George Osborne was hailed a “hat-trick hero” by the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), which said the move would create 3,800 jobs and attract new capital investment. Te chancellor announced that duty on beer


would fall by a penny for the third consecu- tive year as he delivered his final budget of this parliament in Westminster on 18 March. “Te Chancellor really is a ‘Hat Trick Hero’.


His third, successive beer tax cut shows he has listened to consumers, publicans and brewers,” said BBPA chair Brigid Simmonds. “Beer tax is now ten pence lower than it


would have been under the beer duty esca- lator. It will put £18m in the pockets of beer drinkers and pubgoers. Tat is a huge dif- ference.” With Britain’s beer and pub sector


22 George Osborne delivered the Budget on 18 March


contributing £22bn to GDP each year and supporting almost 900,000 jobs, the move is expected to bring tangible economic benefits. Experts pointed out that the renewed confi- dence instilled by previous duty cuts led to beer sales rising in 2014 for the first time in a decade. Details: http://lei.sr?a=h5Q9h


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