Spring Budget 23: Hunt extends tax freeze on draught beer

From 1 August 2023

Tax on draught products in pubs will remain frozen, continuing the system for calculating taxes in alcohol laid out in November's Autumn Statement.

In today's Budget, Jeremy Hunt revealed the duty on draught products in pubs will be up to 11p lower than the duty in supermarkets. This was "a differential we will maintain as part of a new Brexit pubs guarantee", he said, claiming this "was not possible when we were in the EU". Spring Budget 23: Hunt teases financing reforms for start-ups The chancellor said: "British ale may be warm, but the duty on a pint is frozen."  This will come into effect on 1 August 2023, and will also apply to every pub in Northern Ireland due to the recently agreed Windsor Framework.