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Lucy Farrell

Cigarettes, alcohol and fizzy drinks price changes explained after Spring Budget 2023

The cost of your alcoholic drinks, cigarettes and fizzy pop are all set to change after the Spring Budget announcement.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt yesterday delivered his Spring 2023 budget, announcing a number of steps the government will take to improve economic stability.

Among them are plans to increase duty for alcohol, previously frozen by prime minister Rishi Sunak to aid the UK wine and spirit industry through fallout from the pandemic. This, however, will come to an end on August 1, when alcohol duty will see a 10 per cent increase.

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