MPs call on government to reverse cuts to protect children of alcoholics
Gabriella Jozwiak
Monday, February 11, 2019
MPs are calling for urgent funds to reduce the risk posed to the UK's 2.6m children of alcoholic parents - as figures show drug and alcohol related hospital admissions are on the rise.
![Liam Byrne MP, chair of the children of alcoholics APPG, claims addiction treatment budgets are being cut "left, right and centre"](/media/147789/liambyrne-350x250.png?&width=780&quality=60)
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