"Beer tax is losing money for the Government as pubs fail"
Tamworth MP Christopher Pincher said that the Government was actually losing money through the beer tax rather than making it because so many pubs were "going to the wall" during a debate in Parliament today.
Could beer tax signal end of the traditional pub?
The number of pubs going bust is rising because of tax increases on beer. That's what industry experts have told the Government.
Newark MP discusses "beer tax" in Parliament
Newark MP Patrick Mercer will be speaking in a parliamentary debate today on the Government's controversial "beer tax escalator" policy.