Earlier today, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer announced his latest budgetary plans. On spirits and wine, Philip Hammond did not increase duty, although higher-abv ciders will be subject to a duty rise in an attempt to combat “excessive alcohol consumption by the most vulnerable people”. Here, just-drinks pulls together reaction from within the UK’s drinks industry to today’s news.

  • UK Wine & Spirit Trade Association

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