Sunak and Johnson’s beer ‘draught relief’ photocall goes flat
A photocall in which Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak brandished beer barrels to promote a cut in the duty charged on draught beer has fallen flat, after it was pointed out that the kegs would not qualify for the tax relief under current proposals.
Sunak announced during Wednesday’s budget that the government would reduce the tax levied on draught beer by 5%, cutting the price of a pint by 3p.
Shortly after Sunak announced the “draught relief” policy, he and Johnson visited Fourpure brewery on London’s “beer mile” in Bermondsey, where they were pictured with 30-litre kegs.
But the government’s own proposals state that the reduction, due to come into force in 2023, would only apply to beer sold in containers of 40 litres, prompting claims that the
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