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GBN The July 4, 2024

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 up from 5 to a pub is now gone up from 5 to 9. 2. So it is a big differential andifs 9. 2. So it is a big differential and its a big increase in terms of that that difference in tax level. Well , gb level. Well, gb news spoke to pub landlord david lonsdale. He says its the worst time to be hitting pubs with extra costs. I think its fair enough that alcohol is taxed according to strength. Strength. I dont have a problem with that, but actually overall the taxes are going up by 10. 6. So although the minister will point out that on draft beer, the taxes has remained more or less unchanged on on a glass of wine is going up by 20. So overall taxes are going up by well above the rate of inflation. 10. 6. Well , as the rate of inflation. 10. 6. Well, as weve been hearing, the home office has delayed moving Asylum Seekers to the bibby stockholm barge in dorset over Fire Safety Concerns. Over Fire Safety Concerns. Thats despite previously saying that 50 migrants would move to their new accommodation in portland today. Further inspections are now taking place to ensure it fully complies with regulations. Once up to ensure it fully complies with regulations. Once up and running, the facility will host around 500 men. Former immigration security advisor henry bolton told us proper evacuation plans are vital. What is quite incredible about this is quite incredible about this is the demonstration that the home office has not done its planning and preparation correctly or thoroughly. You know , the problem here is you know, the problem here is one of the fire inspections and the signing off the accommodation as suitably fireproof. And you know, to be fair in a sense , the probability fair in a sense, the probability of a fire on there, the fire control on board the bibby stockholm is adequate. What the problem is , is evacuation should problem is, is evacuation should there be a fire. 7 two teenage girls aged 16 and 17 have been killed after a road crash in County Monaghan in ireland. An 18 year old woman ireland. An 18 year old woman and the cars driver, a 60 year old man, are in hospital in critical condition. An 18 year old man is receiving treatment for non life threatening injuries is understood. Some of those involved were on their way to a Debutante Ball , which was to a Debutante Ball, which was being held at a secondary school last night. Being held at a secondary school last night. House prices have fallen at their fastest annual rate for 14 years. Nationwide saying that the average price dropped by 3. 8 over the last 12 months. The average uk home now costs. Around £260,000. Well costs. Around £260,000. Well meanwhile, the government says it will provide free legal advice to the tens of thousands of people at risk of losing their homes each year. The support will focus on helping those who face eviction or the repossession of their properties by the end of march , more than by the end of march, more than 100,000 households were in temporary accommodation. Thats the highest number in 25 years. Food Price Inflation has slowed to its lowest level this year. Thats down to 13. 4 in july. Falling prices for staple items such as oils , fish and breakfast such as oils, fish and Breakfast Cereals contributed to the decline. Overall, shop prices also saw a slow down from 8. 4 in june to 7. 6 last month. In june to 7. 6 last month. Banking giant hsbc has announced strong first half pre tax profits of £169 strong first half pre tax profits of £16. 9 billion. Thats an increase of 10. 1 billion compared to the same period last yeah compared to the same period last year. The companys revenue also rose by 9. 6 billion, with Interest Rate increases, a key driver. Interest rate increases, a key driver. Meanwhile oil giant bp has reported a 69 fall in profits over the latest quarter to £2 billion. The decline reflects market stabilisation following last years boost from surging oil and gas prices comes after industry rival shell also reported weaker than expected profits and a Drone Delivery Service has been launched in orkney , helping locals to orkney, helping locals to receive their mail. A collaboration between royal mail and skyports. The scheme will and skyports. The scheme will transport letters and parcels between the islands. Its between the islands. Its expected to significantly improve delivery times while the service will initially operate for just three months, it could be continued on a permanent bafis. Be continued on a permanent basis. This is gb news be continued on a permanent basis. This is gb news across the uk on tv , in your car, on the uk on tv, in your car, on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news. Now its back to mark and. Now its back to mark and. Pip ray. Thanks very much and welcome back to the live desk. Welcome back to the live desk. Well, as a lunchtime tipple, many of our favourite drinks too cost more. More from today. Cost more. More from today. Indeed. Britains pubs and brewers claiming that the new alcohol duty in today will cost their industry. An extra £225 their industry. An extra £225 million. But the Prime Minister says its something to cheer with. Alcohol now taxed on strength rather than a category. So lets tell you what is changing. Well draught beer and prosecco will cost less, but wine and whisky will cost more with duty increasing by 10. 1. Thatis with duty increasing by 10. 1. That is an extra £53 with vat on a bottle of wine and more than a pound on gin. Vodka and whisky. The government says its trying to incentivise us to drink less but also support struggling pubs i however, the wine and Spirits Trade Association says it means many struggling businesses having to push up their prices further. The Scotch Whisky Association Going further , Association Going further, saying it will add to inflation. East Midlands Reporter will hollis has much more on the story. When youre in the story. When youre in the business of helping brits get leathered, theres no better place to set up a brewery than an old leather factory. When you drink too much beer, you get a pot belly. So we call you get a pot belly. So we call it pot belly brewery. It pot belly brewery. Pot belly has been brewing beer here in kettering for nearly 20 years with ian as head brewer selling barrels and bottles. Hes seeing a shift in sales. Sales. Years ago, we delivered big barrels, 144 pints, but theres too much now. Nobody will touch one of these. A lot of pubs that ideal one of these. A lot of pubs that i deal with want the little ones with 36 pints because its cheaper and. And it lasts twice as long from grain to glass. As long from grain to glass. A single brew takes a week. A single brew takes a week. This one just in time to be taxed under the new system. From taxed under the new system. From today, duty will be measured on booze of all kinds, using alcohol by volume. A simplified tax on strength. Meanwhile a new draught relief dubbed the brexit pubs guarantee lowers the price of a pint by up to £0. 11, compared to supermarkets. According to the treasury. But the new system puts potbelly in a pickle. The beer here in the pint glass is exactly the same as the one in the bottle. Its just that the duty is calculated differently. Now, under the new differently. Now, under the new rules , the bottle costs about an rules, the bottle costs about an extra £0. 30 in duty and the government is making them more expensive because ultimately they want drinkers to choose to dnnk they want drinkers to choose to drink weaker beers in the pub rather than stronger ones at home. Greg says the system will squeeze businesses like his. The price is on a barrel of beer should remain fairly constant. The one anomaly is when you then dispense beers in less than 20l, so. So anything less than 20l, so. So anything thatis less than 20l, so. So anything that is in a small ten litre box or in a bottle of beer , the or in a bottle of beer, the price is then doubled in the duty side of it. Emma is chief exec at the british beer and Pub Association. She says the industry will have to pay an extra £225 million in tax because of the reform comes at a time of high production costs. Beer duty unfortunately , is beer duty unfortunately, is still one of the highest in the whole of europe here in the uk, and we hope that some of these changes will incent devise people to be brewing lower strength to help consumers strength beers to help consumers moderate their consumption. But moderate their consumption. But unfortunately we probably wont see a much difference in prices at this moment in time in terms of lowering them at the pub. The cost beers cans at home cost of beers and cans at home are going to be increased some 10. 1 because of the changes that are being introduced today. Back at the brewery, sam, the teams youngest, is on clean up. My favourite job of the day digging out the hops out the coppen digging out the hops out the copper. Its a its a bit warm in there and dirty , but. Its in there and dirty, but. Its one of them. Jobs have got to be done, im afraid. Washing away the old duty is gone. Washing away the old duty is gone. Its replacement needs to gone. Its replacement needs to pump up the industry rather than drain it dry. Will hollis gb news in kettering. Joining us news in kettering. Joining us now is our west Midlands Reporter jack carson, who is in birmingham with the beer while our scotland reporter tony maguire has gone for a drop of malt whisky at the glengoyne distillery in dumgoyne. Distillery in dumgoyne. Well, lets talk to you first. Jack the government is sounding almost merry about this, arent they saying its a tax cut for 38,000 british pubs . But thats surely not the full story . Story . No, it certainly isnt. I mean, alcohol duty in the uk has been frozen since 2020. This rate rise was meant to come in back in february, but of course because of the cost of living pressures at the time, the chancellor, jeremy hunt, pushed this until today and this back until today and leading up to this date, there was of course, questions was still, of course, questions with prices still, course at with prices still, of course at quite level, whether this quite a high level, whether this rise ahead, but it rise was still. Go ahead, but it has. Today the chancellor, has. And today the chancellor, jeremy these jeremy hunt, saying that these changes to way that we tax changes to the way that we tax the course, judging the alcohol, of course, judging it volume and content, it by its volume and content, saying that this boost the uk into the 21st century reflecting the increasing popularity of those lower alcoholic drinks and supporting , of course, those supporting, of course, those industries. And for pubs while their price of course of a beer is very much going to be staying the same, a maximum of about £0. 11 decrease on a pint of draught beer and cider rishi sunak saying thats going to support pubs. Of course the support pubs. Of course the British Beer Association saying that actually, you know, its an increase in total because of the situation with bottles and cans and the duty on on their increasing that its going to be around two over £200 million around a two over £200 million cost to the industry every year. And so it hasnt necessarily been received widely, particularly by the industry. Ive been speaking to people here outside this pub on the streets of birmingham this morning to find out their opinion on the duty changes. So what ive heard is, is that youll pay less in pubs but more in the supermarket kit. And so i think thats a good thing for pubs, but its not so good want to good if people want to just dnnk good if people want to just drink dont like drink at home and dont like going and being social. Going out and being social. I think that its really difficult because theres a lot of pressure on the nhs. So if some of that money for the alcohol duty goes into health care, then thats obviously a good thing. Oh i think ridiculous. Oh i think its ridiculous. I think everythings going up and sometimes you just want to enjoy yourself and not everybody likes beer. I much rather have wine and if its going to be more expensive, then its more unaffordable. But then at the unaffordable. But then at the same time , it does have health same time, it does have Health Benefits not to drink as much, but i still think everythings going up and its just as a young person, its becoming so unaffordable to do normal , unaffordable to do normal, normal things and its just Something Else thats been taken away from us. Its fiddling around the edges, to be honest with you. My i mean, gin seems to be the big one. Everybody wants gin these days. Everywhere i go now, im a non drinker. I dont drink any alcohol at all, but im out on business all the time with people drinking people that dnnk people drinking people that drink beer are still going to dnnk drink beer are still going to drink and people drink beer, and people that dnnk drink beer, and people that drink going to drink gin are still going to dnnk drink gin are still going to drink its fiddling around drink gin. Its fiddling around the just another the edges. Its just another nonsense. More paperwork for the nonsense. More paperwork for the tax and does it really tax office and does it really take care of the Health Issues . Im not sure because i think our alcohol is more damaging than cocaine. Personally, from what i see music business, which cocaine. Personally, from what i swork music business, which cocaine. Personally, from what i swork in, music business, which cocaine. Personally, from what i swork in, you sic business, which cocaine. Personally, from what i swork in, you know, ;iness, which cocaine. Personally, from what i swork in, you know, the ;s, which i work in, you know, the government have got to raise tax somehow. Theyve just about drained every penny out of the motorists. Thats possible. I dont theres probably dont think theres probably a higher i would higher tax will be next, i would have but yeah, its have thought. But yeah, its just around the edges. Just fiddling around the edges. But makes an interesting but it makes for an interesting of course , mixed opinion there of course, mixed opinion there from a lot of people and for sparkling wine, which is of course one of the Biggest Industries in terms winery industries in terms of winery here uk , theres some here in the uk, theres some positive news that the tax on that £0. 19 less today than it that is £0. 19 less today than it was yesterday. Was yesterday. So some positive news for some parts of the industry, but of lots of those of course, lots of those industry concerned Industry Leaders concerned that these. These duty rises. Jack, thank you for indeed. Jack, thank you for that. Head the that. Lets head north of the border now join tony border now and join tony at glengoyne , which i glengoyne distillery, which i seem to remember was the queen mothers favourite tipple. Perhaps only she can afford it now because of course, the higher the alcohol or the strength , the higher the duty strength, the higher the duty and the Scotch Whisky association saying 745 of a bottle of scotch now is paid in tax and duty. Tax and duty. Yes, thats right, mark. Yes, thats right, mark. Certainly for whisky , i cant certainly for whisky, i cant really speak much to knowing a whole lot about other spirits, but up here north of the border, theres only one drink. And that is really in the focus of this story. And that is our scotch. Now, you know, our scotch. Now, you know, unlike vodka and perhaps other spirits, Scotch Whisky can have an abv volume up to all the way up to 56, 60, perhaps even few higher. And if you would experiment drams, but certainly for small distilleries like glengoyne this 10. 1 increase to the tax is a real hammer blow. Glengoyne this 10. 1 increase to the tax is a real hammer blow. I heard a quite an interesting kind of talk through of the process this morning. Small distilleries you know, they still have to bottle several thousand units a then they have to pay the duty up front and then they have to go to retailers to sell. So right after covid and right after the huge rise in Energy Prices, theyre already feeling hammered. And indeed, the Scotch Whisky association this morning described this move as a real hammer blow to the industry. Still struggling after three years to get back on its feet. Now, rishi sunak , hes described now, rishi sunak, hes described this overhaul as the most radical simplification of alcohol duties for 140 years. And he praised the brexit and Great Britain leaving the eu as being why hes taken advantage now to reduce the price of a pint and back british pubs. But unfortunately , north of the unfortunately, north of the border, and especially with scotch and the spotlight for this story , a lot of people ar

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