Robert Goodwill: Budget beer cut helps 5,327 pubs in Yorkshire and Humber.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has scrapped Labour’s plans to increase beer duty in today’s Budget, and instead cut it by a penny, meaning beer will be 1p per pint cheaper after Sunday night – 4p per pint cheaper than it would have been under Labour.
Robert Goodwill MP welcomed the news, saying:
‘Labour increased beer duty by 60 per cent and left our pubs fighting for survival.
‘We’ve not only scrapped Labour’s planned increase – we’ve actually cut it.
‘It’s great for beer-drinkers, it’s great for breweries, and it’s great for Yorkshire and Humber - 5.327 brilliant pubs.’