The licensing authorities in the UK require additional authority to manage he levels of alcohol available in the areas of their jurisdiction.

A new report claimed that the licensing authorities in England and Wales do not have sufficient powers to control the availability of alcohol. The control is lesser in city centers where a large number of retailers are located near each other. Alcohol Concern Cymru's latest report titled, 'Full to the brim?' said that restricting the number of placed where alcohol is sold would reduce its harms and will also increase the price.

Mark Leyshon, a spokesman for the Alcohol Concern Cymru said, "It's well-established that two of the key ways to reduce alcohol related harm are increasing the price of alcohol and restricting its physical availability."

He also said that the minimum price is set to introduced in England and Wales, but the governmetn should give more powers to the local authorities to better control the availability of alcohol in the regions. He claimed that the relaxation of licensing laws in the past few years have resulted in an increase in binge-drinking and alcohol-related violence.