![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/oh-the-irony-rishi-sunak-heckled-as-he-tours-brewery-on-day-of-alcohol-tax-hike/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_BRITAIN-POLITICS.jpg&description=Another man shouted at the teetotal Tory leader 'Prime Minister, it's not Coca Cola' as Mr Sunak toured a London beer festival to highlight a shake-up in alcohol duties Rishi Sunak faced heckles today as he toured a beer festival to boast about a shake-up in alcohol duty. The Prime Minister hailed a new regime that will hike tax on a range of drinks as the "most radical simplification of alcohol duties for 140 years", But it was clear not all were impressed as he poured a pint of Black Dub stout at the stall of the Wensleydale brewery, which operates from his constituency. "Prime Minister, oh the irony that you're raising alcohol duty on the day that you're pulling a pint," 46-year-old publican Rudi Keyser yelled. He later told reporters the new duty regime amounted to "robbing Peter to pay Paul" and insisted consumers will see an increase in prices as a result. "And he has the audacity to come and pull a pint for PR," he added. Another onlooker shouted at the teetotal Tory leader, who is famously a fan of the Coke: "Prime Minister, it's not Coca Cola." The heckles came as Mr Sunak insisted businesses and consumers will benefit from the post-Brexit booze duty changes. In March's Budget, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt also announced that the freeze on alcohol duty would end on August 1 and increase by inflation, at 10.1%. The increase will see duty rise by 44p on a bottle of wine, which when combined with VAT will mean consumers will pay an extra 53p, according to the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA). But the Chancellor is cutting the duty charged on draught pints across the UK by 11p in August which Mr Sunak hailed as beneficial to "thousands of businesses across the country". * Follow Mirror Politics on Snapchat, Tiktok, Twitter and Facebook. Get UK politics insight with our free daily email briefing straight to your inbox){kind=link}
Another man shouted at the teetotal Tory leader ‘Prime Minister, it’s not Coca Cola’ as Mr Sunak toured a London beer festival to highlight a shake-up in alcohol duties
Rishi Sunak faced heckles today as he toured a beer festival to boast about a shake-up in alcohol duty.
The Prime Minister hailed a new regime that will hike tax on a range of drinks as the “most radical simplification of alcohol duties for 140 years”,
But it was clear not all were impressed as he poured a pint of Black Dub stout at the stall of the Wensleydale brewery, which operates from his constituency. “Prime Minister, oh the irony that you’re raising alcohol duty on the day that you’re pulling a pint,” 46-year-old publican Rudi Keyser yelled.
He later told reporters the new duty regime amounted to “robbing Peter to pay Paul” and insisted consumers will see an increase in prices as a result. “And he has the audacity to come and pull a pint for PR,” he added.