Alcohol duty hikes will be put on ice for another six months until August in a boost for the hospitality trade.
The Treasury is expected to confirm today that it will delay a planned increase to booze levies which had been due to come into force in February.
Brits would pay around 7p extra for a pint of beer, 4p on a pint of cider, 38p on a bottle of wine and £1.35 on a bottle of spirits if alcohol duty rose by RPI inflation as planned.
