A left-wing think tank is claiming after work drinks are reducing productivity and making non-drinkers uncomfortable – utter rot, says Joseph Dinnage

Another of life’s rapidly vanishing joys is in the crosshairs of Britain’s public health lobbyists: the work drinks party. According to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), a number of Gen Z workers feel unfairly pressured to drink at workplace events – presumably by older colleagues who are more than happy to reach for the corkscrew.

A quarter of workers said they occasionally felt pressured to drink when they didn’t want to – rising to 38 per cent among the youngest employees (aged 18-24). Over a third said drinking at work events made non-drinkers feel excluded or created cliques. Strangely, I don’t recall ever being survey

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