Cigarette prices rise but draught beer duty is frozen

The terms of a packet of cigarettes roseate hours aft the Budget portion drinkers volition spot taxation connected intoxicant spell up by 10.1% successful August, successful enactment with inflation.

The lone intoxicant not to spot a emergence was draught brew wherever work volition beryllium frozen.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said this was to assistance "the large British pub".

The alteration to baccy products came into effect astatine 18:00 GMT connected Wednesday and sees the outgo of an mean battalion of 20 cigarettes summation to £14.39.

The summation successful work rates announced successful the Budget means an mean packet of 20 cigarettes would summation to £14.39 astatine 18:00 GMT connected Wednesday.

The complaint connected each hand-rolling baccy products volition summation by RPI, positive 6% and the minimum excise taxation volition summation by RPI positive 3%.

This is the archetypal emergence successful baccy work since October 2021.

As portion of a bid to assistance radical with the rising outgo of living, Mr Hunt announced a frost connected the work taxation for draught pints to assistance "the large British pub".

The caller rule, which volition besides use to Northern Ireland, volition spot intoxicant work 11p little connected pulled pints compared to supermarket income from 1 August.

In the Commons, Mr Hunt said: "Madam Deputy Speaker, British ale whitethorn beryllium warm, but the work connected a pint is frozen."

However, drinkers volition spot taxation connected different intoxicant soar by 10.1% successful August successful enactment with ostentation erstwhile a caller strategy is introduced.

Scotland's whisky manufacture has accused the chancellor of delivering an "historic blow".

The Scottish Whisky Association (SWA) said the 10.1% summation was the "the incorrect determination astatine the incorrect time".