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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Dan Barker

Humza Yousaf to tell PM to ‘bring fairness back to the way whisky is treated’

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Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf is to tell the Prime Minister he must “bring fairness back to the way whisky is treated” ahead of a tax hike later this year.

An alcohol duty freeze is set to end on August 1, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed earlier this year, when the amount scotch buyers will have to pay the Treasury will go up by 10.1% in line with inflation.

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