‘Prime Minister, oh the irony that you’re raising alcohol duty on the day that you’re pulling a pint.' After announcing a tax hike on alcoholic drinks, Rishi Sunak decided to head to a beer festival where, unsurprisingly, he was heckled by a landlord.
‘Prime Minister, oh the irony that you’re raising alcohol duty on the day that you’re pulling a pint,’ publican Rudi Keyser told Mr Sunak as he attempted to pour a drink at the Great British Beer Festival inMr Sunak had been insisting businesses and consumers would benefit from his post-Brexit alcohol duty changes, despite raising the price of wine, vodka and canned beer.
Mr Sunak was pouring a pint of Black Dub stout at the stall of the Wensleydale brewery from his constituency when he was heckled by Mr Keyser, a 46-year-old who runs a chain pub in London’s Wimbledon. The increase will see duty rise by 44p on a bottle of wine, which when combined with VAT will mean consumers will pay an extra 53p, according to the Wine and Spirit Trade Association .
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