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<p>The financial impact of policy decisions can be found in the policy costings document
published alongside each budget. Wine duty was not frozen at Budget 2018, however
the impact of freezing the other alcohol duties and introducing a new band for high
strength cider is estimated to cost the exchequer around £175m per year. Internal
modelling indicates that duty freezes raise alcohol consumption, in comparison to
uprating rates alongside inflation. No internal assessment has been of the impacts
of this on alcohol-related deaths.</p>
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