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