UK lawmaker calls on government to raise the price of a pint

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2024-11-04

London (PA Media/dpa) - The British government should raise the price of a pint, one of the party's backbenchers has suggested as part of a call to combat alcoholism. Cat Smith told the Commons on Monday that successive governments had "placated" a multibillion-pound industry by freezing or lowering alcohol duty. Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled Labour's first Budget in 14 years last Wednesday, when the government announced it would cut alcohol......

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