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Hunt freezes duty after intense alcohol industry lobbying

Market News

22 November 2023
By James Everson in thedrinksbusiness.com

The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has frozen alcohol duty in the Autumn Statement, delivering a reprieve to the alcohol industry.

The move stops what would have been the second substantial rise in only a matter of months, following the biggest change to duty in 50 years in August. That change saw a replacement to the former alcohol duty system. [READ MORE…]

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