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Sunak unveils overhaul of alcohol duty and tax cuts on some drinks
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Taxes on drinks including beer, wine and cider will be slashed after the chancellor announced the most sweeping changes to alcohol duty in living memory.
Announcing the move, Rishi Sunak, who is teetotal, said the UK’s system of alcohol duty, whose roots date back to 1643, was “outdated, complex and full of historical anomalies”.
Sunak described the five-point plan, which takes effect in 2023, as the biggest overhaul of alcohol duty for 140 years and claimed the changes had been made possible by the UK’s exit from the European Union.
In a measure he said would help pubs struggling because of the effect of the pandemic, the chancellor also announced “draught relief”, cutting the tax on drinks served from pumps, such as beer and cider, by 5%.
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