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<p>The Government supports consumers, pubs and breweries. To this end, the Government
has frozen or cut beer duty at six of the last seven Budgets. This has meant a pint
of beer is 14p lower than it otherwise would have been since 2013.</p><p> </p><p>However,
beer duty raises vital revenue to fund public services, and in order to protect the
public finances, an RPI increase in duty rates is assumed in the public finances for
all alcoholic drinks at Budget 2019. All taxes are kept under review and the impact
of a change to beer duty is considered at each fiscal event, including its effect
on pubs and the wider economy.</p>
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