Alcohol ID Checks 'Infantilising' Young Adults, Says Survey

Constant ID checks in supermarkets and off-licences are "infantilising" young adults and confusing shoppers about legal age limits, a report by a civil liberties group claims today.

The survey by the Manifesto Club suggests that cashiers' over-zealous questioning of customers in their 20s is "penalising thousands of innocent" people and forcing them to carry their passports all the time.

The study, 28¾: How Constant Age Checks Are Infantilising Adults, is published as the coalition government is considering increasing to £20,000 the maximum penalty for those illegally serving underage drinkers .'

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