Taxpayers’ Alliance campaign calls time on excessive beer duty
Today the TaxPayers' Alliance calls on chancellor George Osborne to reduce the UK's punishing beer duty with their new campaign, Mash Beer Tax. Their website notes that:
High taxes make your drinks more expensive, with tax often constituting a third of the price of a pint.In the last 4 years, 5,800 pubs have closed and 60,000 jobs have been lost.…Britons pay 40% of the EU beer tax bill, but consume only 13% of the beer.
Great work by @the_tpa for their brilliant mashbeertax.org campaign. In the words of The Sun, "steer clear of our beer." #BeerTax
— Christian May (@ChristianJMay) February 26, 2013