We’ll drink to that! Jeremy Hunt freezes all duty on beer, wine and spirits until next summer – but smokers hit with tax rise on rolling tobacco

Jeremy Hunt today froze tax on a pint until next summer as he moved to help hard-pressed pubs and drinkers in his Autumn Statement.

But the Chancellor hit smokers in the pocket with a 10 per cent increase in duty on hand-rolling tobacco.

Jeremy Hunt today froze tax on a pint until next summer as he moved to help hard-pressed pubs and drinkers in his Autumn Statement .

He told MPs: ‘As well as confirming our Brexit Pubs Guarantee, which means duty on a pint is always lower than in the shops, I have decided to freeze all alcohol duty until August 1st next year. ‘That means no increase in duty on beer, cider, wine or spirits.’

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