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UK government's alcohol duty changes spark backlash from pubs and Scotch whisky industry.

Cuts to beer and cider duty are seen as "naïve" by pubs.
Scotch whisky industry slams 10.1% duty increase as "hammer blow".
Fears that it will put whisky beyond the financial reach of consumers and undermine distillers' capacity to invest.
#Brexit #ScotchWhisky
#alcoholduty #taxhike
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23696336.scottish-fears-shocking-sunak-policy-justified/

Twitter adds 'context', i.e., fact-checking, to a tweet by #RishiSunak in which the failing prime minister of England claims differential #AlcoholDuty as a benefit of #Brexit. Really.

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RT @AlcoholChangeUK
We welcome the Government keeping #alcoholduty in line with inflation from August 2023.

Despite lobbying from private interests, the Government and @Jeremy_Hunt have put the public finances and the public’s health first.

Find out more: http://ow.ly/ZONT50Nj9xx

@UK_AHA #NHS
https://twitter.com/AlcoholChangeUK/status/1636022395914842112