Rachel Reeves used her first budget yesterday to increase the tax on non-draught alcoholic drinks by the higher RPI rate of inflation, which could see producers pay more than £12 of tax per bottle.

Rachel Reeves has announced she will be cutting the duty on draught beer cut by 1.7 per cent.

The Chancellor will be increasing rates on non-draught drinks in line with inflation from February 2025. While Draught duty on alcoholic drinks will be cut by 1.7% which the Chancellor says will see "a penny off a pint in the pub"

Draught duty on alcoholic drinks will fall by 1.7%, meaning “a penny off a pint in the pub”, the Chancellor has confirmed