Budget 2023: draught beer boost as wine prices hiked

In the Budget, the Chancellor announced a ‘Brexit pubs guarantee’ to keep the tax on beer and cider up to 11p lower than supermarkets, but wine and spirit prices soar

Draught relief on beer and cider will increase from 5% to 9.2% cutting 11p off draught beer prices but the tax on wine and spirits will be hiked by 23%.

Wine and whisky will see the highest tax increases in nearly 50 years, with the price of a bottle of wine with an ABV of more than 12.5% increasing by 44p from the summer.

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) slammed the decision by the Chancellor to raise duty on Scotch whisky by 10.1%, in one of the largest tax hikes in recent decades.

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