affluent families and those from deprived areas is getting wider and wider."

The report recommended that all young people should receive "continuous education" until the age of 19.

However, it said more professional and technical subjects and options should be available to young people aged 14-19, and called for closer links between schools and business and industry.

The report was also critical of DE's sustainable schools policy, saying it was "flawed from the start".

It cited aspects of the Polish and Finnish education systems as examples Northern Ireland could learn from.

However, it warned that "future policies will also struggle to have a meaningful impact unless education can become a positive driver for inclusion and prosperity rather than a contested political entity".

In a statement, Education Minister Peter Weir said he supported the rightyour sleep and calorie consumption.

"People have also told us that the idea of a 'drink-free' day is much easier to manage than cutting down, say, from one large glass of wine to a small glass of wine."

The campaign, Drink Free Days, is a partnership between Public Health England and the alcohol education charity Drinkaware.

Cutting down

The YouGov poll - by PHE and Drinkaware - surveyed nearly 9,000 18- to 85-year-olds during May and June this year.

It found that one in five was drinking more than the government's 14 unit-a-week guidelines.

And two-thirds said they would find cutting down on their drinking harder to do than improving their diet, exercising more or reducing their smoking.

Dr Verne said: "Most middle-aged people are not drinking to become drunk.

"They see it as a social