Well taken from the BBC website…
He also cut future spending plans in a Budget which added 2p on fuel, 1p on a pint of beer and 7p on cigarettes…. In other Budget measures, fuel duty will increase by 2p per litre in September and then by 1p a litre above inflation each April for the next four years. Alcohol duties will go up by 2% – about 4p on a bottle of wine and 13p on a bottle of spirits – from midnight.
So anyone who likes using a car, relaxing in the evening with a glass / chilling in a pub garden, a swift whiskey, or smoking will now have to pay more to relax in their favourite way. In a county thats full of people who dont feel to positive about life at the moment, that cant be great.
Now admittingly according to the BBC web site I may be better off – but I dont quite believe it.
Just came across this movement – getting more and more famous from the sounds of it. Basically they are trying to get the government to cut the price of beer, and generally leave pubs alone and give them breathing space. Lets face it alot of pubs are either too pricey, too nasty, or belong to weatherspoons.