This hour, the british beer and Pub Association is warning the governments alcohol duty changes will cost the industry an extra £225 million in tax. This the Prime Minister, however, has defended the overhaul, saying it will benefit thousands of businesses. The new thousands of businesses. The new system sees a shift from taxing alcoholic drinks based on their type, focusing instead on their strength, duty on certain drinks such as wine and vodka, will rise while tax on draught pints will be cut by around £0. 11. Roads and local transport minister Richard Holden says brexit made the changes possible. Were not going to see the price of a pint going up in your local pub due to our new draft beer duty relief, something that we couldnt have done when we were in the European Union that differential between what differential now between what you differential now between what you pay differential now between what you pay in the supermarket on terms of tax and what you pay in a is now gone u
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a deepening area of low pressure. this has been named storm otto, named by the danish weather service for likely impacts in denmark. but for likely impacts in denmark. but for others across the northern half of the uk it is going to bring some very strong and gusty winds. for the time being, relatively quiet this afternoon. a few glimmers a brightness for england and wales, splashes of rain for northern ireland and scotland and it is mild. through this evening we will see rain across northern ireland, scotland and parts of northern england and the winds are starting to ratchet up, very windy across these northern areas. further south breezy, mostly cloudy and it is going to be a mild night. if he had travel plans late into tonight and early tomorrow morning across scotland, we could see wind gusts of 80 mph, but easily getting to 70, 70 five miles per hour elsewhere. the other place where the winds will cause problems is across the tops of the pennines and just to the east of
at its fastest rate in a0 years, welcome to this special edition of your questions answered. over the next half hour, we ll be examining in detail different areas of the squeeze on the pound in your pocket and some of the solutions that individuals, and communities, are finding. so, we ve got a panel of experts. sarah pennells is a consumerfinance specialist at royal london, which calls itself the uk s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company. sabine goodwin is co ordinator at the independent food aid network, which provides help to those at the sharp end of the cost of living crisis. and mercedes osborne is a mortgage expert at pointers financial based in exeter. welcome to all of you. and also with us this week, our climate editorjustin rowlatt, who s out and about giving tips to householders on simple measures that may help reduce energy use. we ll be withjustin a bit later. and as you can see, we ve got a whole range of topics lined up. but first, here s our
we will be examining in detail different areas of the squeeze on the pound in your pocket and some of the solutions individuals and communities are finding. so, we have a panel of experts, sarah pennells is a consumer finance specialist at royal london, which calls itself the uk s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company. sabine goodwin is coordinator at the independent food aid network which provides help to those at the sharp end of the cost of living crisis. and mercedes osborne is a mortgage expert at pointers financial based in exeter. welcome based in exeter. to all of you. also with us this week is our climate editorjustin rowlatt, who is out and about giving tips to householders on simple measures that may help reduce their energy use. we will beat with justin we will beat withjustin a bit later. we have a whole range of topics lined up. first, kevin peacheyis topics lined up. first, kevin peachey is has analysis on working age benefits and whether